ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Thai literature was heavily influenced by the Indian culture and Buddhist-Hindu ideology since the time it first appeared in the 13th century. Thailand’s national epic is a version of the Ramayana called the Ramakien, translated from Sanskrit and rearranged into Siamese verses.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ramakien (Thai: , RTGS: Rammakian, pronounced [rāːm. mā. kīa̯n]; lit. ‘Glory of Rama’; sometimes also spelled Ramakian) is one of Thailand’s national epics, derived from the Buddhist Dasaratha Jataka.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ramakien is Thailand’s national epic. Although the Ramayana is said to have arrived in Thailand as early as the 13th century, whatever was written about these older versions was lost during the destruction of Ayutthaya in 1767.