THE RAMAYAN OF VALMIKI H TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY RALPH T. H. GRIFFITH, M.A..C.I.E. FORMER PRINCIPAL OF THE BENARES COLLEGE, AND LATE DIRECTOR PUBLIC INSTRUCTION N.-W. P. AND OUDH. COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. BENARES : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY E. J. LAZARUS AND CO. SOLD ALSO BY LUZAC AND CO., LONDON. 1895. All rights reserved. 750 \Jf96 V-YI u y\ n < Qi TO THE HONOURABLE SIR WILLIAM MUIR, K. C. B. I., LL. D. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES OF INDIA THIS TRANSLATION OF THE GREAT EPIC POEM OF THE HINDUS IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. M31887