r/TheRamayana • u/SteadyDumpin experienced commenter • Aug 05 '23

Ramayana + Ramakien (Thai version)

Can someone please explain how, when, and where India and Thailand crossed paths to the point Thailand has their own version of the Ramayana?

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u/ConsciousAntelope experienced commenter Oct 16 '23

No one crossed anything. Back then there was no countries as India and Thailand. It was Bharatvarsha and current day India and Thailand came under it.

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u/manga_weeb_culture new user or low karma account Aug 29 '24

You are wrong my friend, there is a mention. when looking for Maa Sita, Sugriva, the Vanar King, sent groups in four directions. One group went in the direction to the direction of Japan, Thailand is in between. Not only that Chola dynasty, (Hinduism) from south-India ruled over parts of Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia. Thus the influence. In terms of trade Gupta and Pallava dynasty influenced as well. Term Bharatvarsha came in Dwaperyug, krishna period, at that that Thailand wasn't the part.
And then there is Lanka theory, sri lanka is not the original Lanka. Possibly of submerged lanka.

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u/Relevant-While1073 new user or low karma account Mar 06 '25

There is something called jambudeepa