Event Detail
Sugriva’s Global Search Geography Briefing
Kishkindha Kanda outlines directional search routes with rivers, mountains, islands, and maritime markers beyond the core subcontinental geography.
Kishkindha Kanda outlines directional search routes with rivers, mountains, islands, and maritime markers beyond the core subcontinental geography. This episode is modeled as part of the Ramayana: Search and Alliance arc and positioned in phase 4 using relative chronology (order 320). The record is prepared for comparative reading across textual, historical, and modern scholarly interpretations with explicit source-link traceability.
Why this confidence: Directional geography is textually explicit in Kishkindha Kanda; identification with distant modern landmarks remains interpretive and often speculative.
Valmiki Verse References
Valmiki Ramayana 4-40 to 4-43
देशान् विचित्रान् गहनान् गिरिंश्च समुद्रान् सरितस्तथा ।
deśān vicitrān gahanān giriṁś ca samudrān saritas tathā |
Traverse varied lands, dense regions, mountains, oceans, and rivers in your search.
Open source text
Interpretations
Event detail compares interpretations and linked sources in one place.
- Global hypothesis · Modern Historical Analysis
Some modern readers compare Kishkindha directional markers with distant symbols such as the Paracas Candelabra; this remains a speculative hypothesis.
Approximate range: -700 to 2026Low confidence: no direct textual claim identifying Peru.
Sources
Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 40
Valmiki Ramayana (translation portal) · 2009 · primary_text
View referenceParacas Candelabra (El Candelabro) Background
Wikipedia Contributors · 2026 · modern_interpretation
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