![Four sons are born to Dasaratha. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. This folio shows the birth of King Dasaratha's four sons - Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Satrughna. Image taken from Ramayana, Bala Four sons are born to Dasaratha. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. This folio shows the birth of King Dasaratha's four sons - Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Satrughna. Image taken from Ramayana, Bala](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/R52D5A/four-sons-are-born-to-dasaratha-ramayana-bala-kanda-udaipur-1712-this-folio-shows-the-birth-of-king-dasarathas-four-sons-rama-bharata-lakshmana-and-satrughna-image-taken-from-ramayana-bala-kanda-originally-publishedproduced-in-udaipur-1712-source-add-15295-f56-language-sanskrit-R52D5A.jpg)
Four sons are born to Dasaratha. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. This folio shows the birth of King Dasaratha's four sons - Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Satrughna. Image taken from Ramayana, Bala
![The Death of King Dasharatha, the Father of Rama", Folio from a Ramayana | The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Death of King Dasharatha, the Father of Rama", Folio from a Ramayana | The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/is/original/DP107193.jpg)
The Death of King Dasharatha, the Father of Rama", Folio from a Ramayana | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
![File:Visvamitra came to Dasaratha and asked him to send Rama with him to fight with the demons.jpg - Wikipedia File:Visvamitra came to Dasaratha and asked him to send Rama with him to fight with the demons.jpg - Wikipedia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Visvamitra_came_to_Dasaratha_and_asked_him_to_send_Rama_with_him_to_fight_with_the_demons.jpg)
File:Visvamitra came to Dasaratha and asked him to send Rama with him to fight with the demons.jpg - Wikipedia
![Kaikeyi told that according to the two boons granted by Dasaratha Rama should go to the forest for 14 years and Bharata must become the king Stock Photo - Alamy Kaikeyi told that according to the two boons granted by Dasaratha Rama should go to the forest for 14 years and Bharata must become the king Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/KJF81B/kaikeyi-told-that-according-to-the-two-boons-granted-by-dasaratha-KJF81B.jpg)
Kaikeyi told that according to the two boons granted by Dasaratha Rama should go to the forest for 14 years and Bharata must become the king Stock Photo - Alamy
![Dasaratha being asked in court to banish Rama by Kaikeyi and her humpbacked female slave Manthara. Chromolithograph. | Wellcome Collection Dasaratha being asked in court to banish Rama by Kaikeyi and her humpbacked female slave Manthara. Chromolithograph. | Wellcome Collection](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0045070/full/full/0/default.jpg)
Dasaratha being asked in court to banish Rama by Kaikeyi and her humpbacked female slave Manthara. Chromolithograph. | Wellcome Collection
Somebody told me that Rama was not the real son of Dasaratha. I hope that's not true. What is the truth of the matter? - Quora
![D...K on X: "Dasaratha Pleads Sri Rama to annexe the kingdom instead Ramachandra declines and goes to araynavasam. This way his father words were not falsified. https://t.co/fsEYFMXmkX" / X D...K on X: "Dasaratha Pleads Sri Rama to annexe the kingdom instead Ramachandra declines and goes to araynavasam. This way his father words were not falsified. https://t.co/fsEYFMXmkX" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTXUT0uacAAnnwK.jpg)
D...K on X: "Dasaratha Pleads Sri Rama to annexe the kingdom instead Ramachandra declines and goes to araynavasam. This way his father words were not falsified. https://t.co/fsEYFMXmkX" / X
![Add 15296 (1) f.14r, On the right, Dasaratha again tells Rama he will make him king, with Vasistha, Laksmana, another Brahmin and ministers in attendance. Rama and Laksmana then leave the king Add 15296 (1) f.14r, On the right, Dasaratha again tells Rama he will make him king, with Vasistha, Laksmana, another Brahmin and ministers in attendance. Rama and Laksmana then leave the king](https://www.meisterdrucke.us/kunstwerke/500px/Indian_School_-_Add_15296_(1)_f14r_On_the_right_Dasaratha_again_tells_Rama_he_will_make_him_king_-_(MeisterDrucke-1351421).jpg)