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Size of Lanka[edit]

"The city itself is described as being 100 Yojanas (800 miles or 1288 kilometres) long and 30 Yojanas (240 miles or 386.4 kilometres) in breadth."

kindly cite from where this info could be obtained as the already cited source doesnt contain any reference but contains only that Hanuman crossed 100 Yojanas only.219.64.70.205 (talk) 06:28, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not in citation should be given for the specific sentence only in order remove any doubts.14.99.52.152 (talk) 17:23, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Historical Geography[edit]

Alternative location of Lanka is no more a fringe theory. In a 2013 article, Professor Emeritus HD Sankalia and Professor NK Sahu raised the possibility that 'Lanka' of the Ramayana was not in Sri Lanka, but in Odisha. Specifically, the names of Sonepur has come up.^[1] To substantiate their claims, they added: 1) In ancient Hindu texts, Sri Lanka is known as 'Simhala' and not 'Lanka' (e.g. in Draupadi's swayamvara ceremony, both the Kings of Simhala and Lanka are present) 2) Early descriptions of routes to Simhala and Lanka differ significantly 3) 18th century CE copperplate describes Dandakaranya (beside Ravana's kingdom) to be near the Bhanja territories 4) A prince of Sonepur has referred to himself as a ruler of 'Western Lanka' 5) Strong Rama-Ravana related traditions exist among tribals (Gond, Orang, Bonda) of the region 6) Ramayana repeatedly refers to the Sal tree (shorea robusta) - which is not common in Sri Lanka

Adnanramin (talk) 01:02, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Some of these evidences are from very different time periods

IndianEmperor7 (talk) 08:02, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Ahmed, Farzand. "Not Sri Lanka, but Sonepur in Orissa is the Lanka of Ramayana: Archaeologists". India Today. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[1] Ahmed, Farzand. "Not Sri Lanka, but Sonepur in Orissa is the Lanka of Ramayana: Archaeologists". India Today. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

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