Valmiki (no specific dates but within period 500 BCE–100 BCE)
The epic Ramayana poem was written by Valmiki, the name adopted by Agni Sharma after being blessed and rechristened by sages. He is revered as the first Hindu poet. The Ramayana comprises around 480,000 words and tells the story of Rama, a Hindu deity.
The poem refers to over 100 plants, trees and herbs.3 Herbs, spices, fruits and their sources include ajowan, agarwood, Indian lotus, myrobalan, castor oil plant, neem, Indian jujube, Dragon’s Blood, elephant apple, bastard mryobalan, citron, ivy gourd, champak, pomegranate, phalsa, cluster fig, Egyptian balsam, Malabar plum, royal jasmine, saffron crocus, cotton tree, kachnar, karira, camphor tree, wild sugarcane, screw-pine, pithraj tree, Lodh tree, madhuka, mogra, black pepper, Ceylon ironwood, burflower tree, wild Himalayan cherry, white fig, holy basil, charoli, Indian frankincense, field mustard, Indian sandalwood, toddy palm, Himalayan Garcinia, sesame and wax gourd. Many of the plants have value in traditional Ayurvedic medicine.More on the topic Valmiki (no specific dates but within period 500 BCE–100 BCE):
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