essay #35647

Topic: The Ramayana By R.k. Narayan

Type of paper:	Essay
Subject area:	Literature and Language
Academic level:	College
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Date submitted:	2008-11-21 21:20:09
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The trade system in Ramayana
Based on the summary by Stephen Knapp (2007 ) The Ramayana is one of the
two greatest stories told from India which was written and created by
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V ?lmiki sometime between 4th and 2nd BCE . Knapp had elaborated that the
story of Ramayana is about how the lives of people have been running in
India on the year 1000 BCE . The story wandered around the life of the
heroes of the story , Rama and Sita . The story of the Ramayana has been
very influential to the lives and teachings of the Indians at those
times , preachers treated the life story of Rama and Sita as a model for
the youth (Knapp , 2007 .
In the story of Ramayana , since it talked about how the people of India
lived a long time ago , the source of the primary needs of the people was
also mentioned . At the timeline of the story , trading was very active
and people have been able to live by the barter system since money was
not that used during that period . Within the Ramayana story , there are
passages that mentioned things about the trades that happened in the
place the story was set (Narayan , 1972 .
Most of the merchants at that time had stones , iron , stones and even
animals for export . But the most popular product exported by the Indians
at that time was cloths which was made of cotton and were perfectly
woven and block printed . These items were bartered to other races that
intentionally went to the Indian ports to trade different products (Foley , 2004 .
The trade of different products between India and other countries also
happened inside India itself , Indians bartered with each other to be
able to acquire the things each of them needed at that time . This also
occurred in the story of Ramayana , in which the monkeys and the Ravanas
are involved (mythome .com , 2004
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leader which is Ravana , the ten-headed evil god (indhistory .com , 2007 .References "Ramayana " 2007 . 1 "Ramayana Summary " 2004 . 1 .
Foley , Jennifer "
Lessons of the Indian Epics : Following the Dharma " 2004 .
Knapp , Stephen "The Ramayana : A Summary by Stephen Knapp " 2007 . 1 .
Narayan , R .K . The Ramayana . Viking Press , 1972 .
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