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This book ‘Ayodhya Comprehensive: References on Ayodhya’ is a compilation of various available records and literatures on Ayodhya, throughout the historical period. Besides, having a rich cultural and archaeological heritage, the Ayodhya has also been the center of the three major religions of ancient Ind ia viz. Brahmin, Buddhist and Jain. Hence, large volume of literatures are available on various aspects of Ayodhya, that it is extremely diffi cult to compile, decorate and embellish it. This heuristic task of compilation of all such literatures, related to Ayodhya from all the original scripts of ancient India in Brahmi and Devnagiri lipi, Pali, Prakrit, Sanskrit languages, has been attempted in this book that is divided in three volumes totaling thirteen Chapters such as Vedic texts, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas, Buddhist literature- Tripitaka, Nikaya, Jataka, Gatha, Divyavadan etc. Jaina literature- Kalpasutra, Uttradhyanasutra, Tiloyapannati, Nayadhammakahao etc. Sanskrit texts-Kathasaritsagara, Ashtadhyayi, Rajatarangini, Ratnavali, Malavikagnimitra, raghuvansham etc., and descriptions given by foreigntravellers- Chinese Accounts of India, The Travels of Fa-hien and On Yuan Chuang’s travels of India etc., i.e. inclusion of important literary evidences etc. Besides, compilation of archaeological targets referenced from Ayodhya is also Presented. Along with this, abstract evidences of important texts like Gazetteer, Encyclopedia, Dictionary and Appendices have been included.

This book will provide the textual study material to the Research scholars and scholars who want to do research work on Ayodhya.