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The Dragon's Mirror: The Magic of Angkor Wat VI

Part 6

Another theory identifies the Vanara as a tribal people who lived in the forests and worshiped monkey-shaped totems. G. Ramdas, basing himself on the fact that Ravana, speaking of the Vanaras, mentions their tail as an ornament (or of their ornaments that resembles a tail), sugg [...]