War of Lanka (Ram Chandra #4)

by Amish Tripathi

Akampana: A smuggler; one of Raavan’s closest aides Arishtanemi: Military chief of the Malayaputras; right-hand man of Vishwamitra Annapoorna Devi: A brilliant musician who lived in Agastyakootam, the capital of the Malayaputras. Ashwapati: King of the northwestern kingdom of Kekaya; father of Kaikeyi and a loyal ally of Dashrath Bharat: Ram’s half-brother; son of Dashrath and Kaikeyi Dashrath: Chakravarti king of Kosala and emperor of the Sapt Sindhu; father of Ram, Bharat, Lakshman and Shatrughan Hanuman: A Naga and a member of the Vayuputra tribe Indrajit: Son of Raavan and Mandodari Janak: King of Mithila; father of Sita Jatayu: A captain of the Malayaputra tribe; Naga friend of Sita and Ram Kaikesi: Rishi Vishrava’s first wife; mother of Raavan and Kumbhakarna Kanyakumari: Literally, the Virgin Goddess. It was believed that the Mother Goddess Herself temporarily resided in the bodies of carefully chosen young girls, who were then worshipped as living Goddesses. Khara: A captain in the Lankan army; Samichi’s lover Krakachabahu: The governor of Chilika Kubaer: The chief-trader of Lanka Kumbhakarna: Raavan’s brother; also a Naga Kushadhwaj: King of Sankashya; younger brother of Janak Lakshman: One of the twin sons of Dashrath; Ram’s halfbrother Malayaputras: The tribe left behind by Lord Parshu Ram, the sixth Vishnu Mandodari: Wife of Raavan Mara: An independent assassin for hire Mareech: Kaikesi’s brother; Raavan and Kumbhakarna’s uncle; one of Raavan’s closest aides Na...