These ones look like they are. Some of the places seem missing from the first map:
1. Kaushalya's origin was from a kingdom called Dakshin Kosala, which is today's Chattisgarh: it was
not the same kingdom as Ayodhya. (I have a theory that this may have been the kingdom Luv inherited)
2. Karapadhadesh - the country that was conquered for Lakshman's sons - is not shown in the map. It was said to be in the foothills of the Himalayas. Anyone know where it is - in Nepal perhaps?
3. Kingdom of Vidisha in todays MP - that was given to Shatrughan's 2nd son. Includes Ujjain? Also, Mathura is more relevant to the above map than Hastinapur - did it even exist during Rama's time?
4. South of Gandhara was Kekaya - in today's Waziristan. The kingdom that Kaikeyi originated from, and where Bharat and Shatrughan were at the time of Rama being banished.
5. Kingdom of Kambhoja is also missed - the kingdom conquered by Janak and ruled by his brother, the kingdom that Mandavi and Srutakirti originated from. Located in West Bengal.
6. Kishkinda was located in today's Hampi site, near where the city of Vijayanagar was also located.
7. In the second map of Bihar that's shown, Mithila is shown in the north of the state. Given that Maithili is one of the recognized languages of Nepal, it's likely that this kingdom included a good part of eastern Nepal.
8. Somehow, the kingdom of Magadha - south of Mithila - is also missed. This kingdom did exist at the time - it was where Sumitra was from.
9. How was Rama's route plotted? Is the absence of any reference to his crossing any rivers after he crossed the Tamsa and the Ganga one of the data points in determining that he didn't cross any of the southern rivers, but just happened to bypass them?
10. How much of UP is defined as Avadh? In other words, what was the extent of Rama's kingdom (not counting conquests like Mathura)?
Edited by Chandraketu - 16 years ago
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