Please can someone explain, from Valmiki Ramayana, how and when Hanuman met Sugriva first time and why he took up service to Sugriva. Bibek Debroy in the article 10 Sanskrit texts everyone must read says: Valmiki Ramayana - Valmiki was the first Sanskrit poet. He invented the shloka. In roughly 25,000 shlokas, this is the first ... There are many references which point towards places outside India. But the names are contemporary to puranas so the names are obviously in Sanskrit. In Vaaman Purana, it is said that Vaaman or Vishnu placed a Trident on a mountain to define the boundary of east direction. (It is also repeated in Kishkindha Kand of Ramayana). This trident is Paracas Candelabra of Peru. The patal to which Bali goes is claimed as South America by P N Oak. Kalyavan from Mahabharata is also claimed by Shivaji ... So, Hanuman, Sugriv and Vali were born on mountain Sumeru but later migrated to Kishkindha . Where is Sumeru? As per Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) 5.26, The planetary system known as Bhū-maṇḍala resembles a lotus flower, and its seven islands resemble the whorl of that flower.
