Contents Jumpstart the thesis . 7 Introduction . 7 Need for the study . 7 Case taken . 8 Hypothesis. 8 Aim . 8 Objective . 8 Methodology . 10 2: Background study . 11 2.1. Narratives . 11 2.1.1. What led to making it 11 2.1.2. Nature and narrative: The connection . 13 2.2. Culture of the then society . 15 2.3. The timeline of ancient literary texts 17 2.4. Tools of landscape designer/architect 21 2.3.1 What is landscape? 21 2.3.2. Language of Landscape (in Narratives specific to our case) 21 2.3.3. Landscape layers (natural character/ physical resources) . 23 3: Preface to the study . 25 3.1. Travel Path of the Rama . 25 4: Diverse landscape layers and processes of nature portrayed 37 4.1. Physiography 37 4.1.1. Lithosphere . 37 4.1.2. Hydrosphere 44 4.1.3. Atmosphere . 47 Analysis. 52 4.2. Natural Vegetation . 60 4.2.1. Forests: Distribution 60 4.2.2. Grasses 64 Analysis. 66 4.2.3. Utilization of the forests and grasses 67 4.3. Fauna 69 5: Settlements 71 5.1. Region 71 5.2. Rural Settlements (Gramas) . 72 5.3. Urban settlements (nagaras) . 73 Analysis. 80 5.4. Fortification 81 5.5. Agriculture . 81 5.6. Transportation 86 6. Fascinating relationship between Nature and Man . 88 6.1. Weather forecasting 88 6.2. Classification of Gods 89 6.3. Animated figure: Nature Personification . 90 6.4. Environmental damage . 92 6.5. Depict emotions 95 6.6. Setting in the literature . 98 7: Ecosystem ecology . 104 8: Conclusion 106 Annexure . 108 Plants . 108 Animals . 122 Bibliography . 125