Dasharatha promises and Rama executes

Dramatis personae

MANTHARA (MAIDSERVANT OF QUEEN KAIKEYI)

QUEEN KAIKEYI, QUEEN KAUSALYA, QUEEN SUMITRA (WIVES OF KING DASHARATHA)

RAMA (SON OF KAUSALYA AND DASHARATHA)

KING DASHARATHA (KING OF AYODHYA)

LAKSHMANA (FIRST SON OF SUMITRA AND DASHARATHA)

SITA (WIFE OF RAMA)

BHARATA (SON OF KAIKEYI AND DASHARATHA)

SHATRUGHNA (SECOND SON OF SUMITRA AND DASHARATHA)

VASHISHTHA (A SAGE)

OFFICERS IN BHARATA’S ARMY