Sita Banbas Explained

Sita Banbas or Sita ban bas (Sita's Exile) is an Urdu play by Agha Hashar Kashmiri. It is based on the Hindu Ramayana. Kashmiri originally sold the play to a local Raja in Allahabad and it was eventually published in 1928,^[1] and it was later published in Hindustani.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Samiuddin, Abida. Encyclopaedic Dictionary Of Urdu Literature (2 Vols. Set). 3 October 2012. 1 August 2007. Global Vision Publishing Ho. 978-81-8220-191-0. 337.
2. Book: Khan, Abdul Jamil. Urdu/Hindi: An Artificial Divide : African Heritage, Mesopotamian Roots, Indian Culture & Britiah Colonialism. 3 October 2012. 30 August 2006. Algora Publishing. 978-0-87586-438-9. 319.