2. Date of Ramayana Period

1. Around 7000 BC

Rama’s Date of Birth: 4th December 7323 B.C
Dr.P.V.Vartak, Vastav Ramayan in Marathi, Vedvidnyana Mandal, Pune
http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/ancient/ramayan/rama_vartak.html

Following are the dates of few events from the Ramayana:
1. Rama's Birth Date 4th December 7323 B.C
2. Rama-Seeta Married 7th April 7307 B.C
3. Rama Exiled 29th November 7306 B.C.
4. Hanuman enters Lanka 1st September 7292 B.C
5. Hanuman meets Seeta 2nd September 7292 B.C.
6. Seetu (Bridge) built 26-30th Oct. 7292 B.C
7. on the ocean
8. The War begins 3rd November 7292 B.C
9. Kumbhakarna is killed 7th November 7292 B.C.
10. Ravana is killed by Rama 15th November 7292 B.C.
11. Rama returns to Ayodhya 6th December 7272 B.C.

2. Around 5000 BC
Rama’s Date of Birth: January 10, 5114 BC Pushkar Bhatnagar of Indian Revenue Service
http://lakdiva.org/aryan/rama.html

Doubts on Bhatnagar’s View –
http://chandrashekhar.sulekha.com/blog/post/2006/09/dating-the-era-of-lord-ram-a-book-review.html

3. All references for research on Rama’s Birth Date
Vedic Science – Astrology for Research - Ravi Shankar Mukkavilli
http://scienceinvedas.wordpress.com/tag/dating-ramayan/

1. Geography - Map of Ramayan

Image below is an attempt to reconstruct the Map of India during the Ramayan Period based on the description of Valmiki Ramayan (http://www.valmikiramayan.net/)

List of Kings Invited for Dasaharatha's Ashwamedha Yagna. ( Book1:Bala Kanda: Chapter 13, Verse 19 onwards)
1. King of Kaashi
2. Janaka - King of Mithila/Videha
3. King of Kekaya (Dasharatha's In-Laws)
4. Bhanumanta - King of Kosala
5. Praaptijna - King of Magadha
6. Kings of Sindhu, Sauviira and Sauraastra Kingdoms
7. Kings of Southern Kingdoms
* For the same event - best horses born in countries like Kaambhoja, Baahlika, Vanaayu (Foreign Kingdoms) were brought.