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Sita Banbas

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Sita Banbas or Sita ban bas (Sita's Exile) is an Urdu play by Agha Hashar Kashmiri. It is based on the Hindu Ramayana. Kashmiri originally sold the play to a local Raja in Allahabad and it was eventually published in 1928,[1] and it was later published in Hindustani.[2]

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  1. ^ Samiuddin, Abida (1 August 2007). Encyclopaedic Dictionary Of Urdu Literature (2 Vols. Set). Global Vision Publishing Ho. p. 337. ISBN 978-81-8220-191-0. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  2. ^ Khan, Abdul Jamil (30 August 2006). Urdu/Hindi: An Artificial Divide : African Heritage, Mesopotamian Roots, Indian Culture & Britiah Colonialism. Algora Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-87586-438-9. Retrieved 3 October 2012.