A History of Agriculture in India v1.c26.s2.4

v1.c26.s2.4

Kaikeyi, the younger and favourite wife of the ageing Dasaratha, prevailed upon him to banish Rama and to install her son Bharata as the king. Rama, a dutiful son, accompanied by Sita, and his younger brother Lakshmana, left for the forest. For a while, they lived in Chitrakut in the Banda District, and later in the Dandaka forest, near modern Nasik, on the banks of the Godavari. Sita was carried away by Ravana, king of Lanka. She was recovered after a lengthy war in which Rama was assisted by South Indian tribes, whose totems were bears and monkeys.