Throw light on the historicity of Ramayana literature as a source of Ancient Indian history
THE GENUINE AND THE SPURIOUS IN THE RĀMĀYAṆA
In fact we must imagine the transmission of the Rāmāyaṇa through centuries in the following manner: It was transmitted orally as in the manner of Kuśa and Lava in the Uttara-Kāṇḍa for a long time (perhaps for centuries). These reciters and travelling musicians considered the epic songs as their property with which they took all sorts of liberties. Now, if they noticed that the listeners were moved with the touching lamentation of Sītā, of Daśaratha or of Kauśalyā they composed some more verses in addition in order