Ravana | Rajavaliya

: It portrays Ravana as a "Chakravarti" (universal) king who initially possessed great power and merit but ultimately failed due to his "adharmic" (unrighteous) actions, such as not protecting the sasana (Buddhist teachings).

Yet to dismiss it as mere "myth" or "forgery" is to miss the point. The Ravana Rajavaliya is a psychological document . It reveals a deep structure of Sri Lankan identity: a profound ambivalence toward India (the source of Buddhism, but also of repeated invasions); a need for a pre-Buddhist heroic age that is not "Hindu" but still glorious; and a longing for a lost golden age of technological mastery and political sovereignty. Ravana Rajavaliya

Representations of Socio-Political Difference in the Ravana Rajavaliya : It portrays Ravana as a "Chakravarti" (universal)