2-490-555 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Rama sending his signet-ring to Sita, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Hamuman, the greatest of the vanaras, a monkey race, prepares to go in search of Rama's wife, Sita, who has been abducted by the evil Ravana. Upon finding her, he gives Sita Rama's ring as a sign of good faith. Illustration from Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita and Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1st edition, 1913. From a private collection.