According to Brihat Samhita Ch 14, Kishkindha is on the Vindhyachal mountains. the countries in the Vindhya mountains of Tripuri, Śmaśrudhara, Hemakuṭa, Vyālagrīva, Mahāgrīva, Kiṣkindha, Kaṇṭakasthala, Niṣāda, Purika, Dāśārṇa, Nagna, Parṇa and Śabara. In Sabha Parva Ch XXX, there is an account of war between Sahadeva and Vanara kings of kishkindha . And then he beheld the celebrated caves of Kishkindhya and in that region fought for seven days with the monkey-kings ... Please can someone explain, from Valmiki Ramayana, how and when Hanuman met Sugriva first time and why he took up service to Sugriva. He then returned to Kishkindha , where he was crowned king, as he thought that Vali was dead. Here is how Sugriva describes the incident to Rama: That demon speedily entered an un-enterable cavity under the ground, covered with grass, and we too having reached there speedily stood at the aperture of that cavity for a while. Bibek Debroy in the article 10 Sanskrit texts everyone must read says: Valmiki Ramayana - Valmiki was the first Sanskrit poet. He invented the shloka. In roughly 25,000 shlokas, this is the first ...
