Short answers, pulled from the story.
Scholarly estimates place the earliest stage of the Ramayana text between the 7th and 5th centuries BCE. Robert P. Goldman suggests the core portions could not have been composed later than the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Rama stands atop the Hill of Destiny with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana during their fourteen-year exile. Ravana captures Sita to destroy Rama while Hanuman leaps across the sea to find her in the Ashoka grove.
The Javanese Kakawin Ramayana was written circa 870 AD during the reign of Mpu Sindok. It incorporates indigenous Javanese guardian demigods like Semar and his sons Gareng Petruk and Bagong as the four Punokawan clown servants.
Diwali celebrates Lord Ramas return to Ayodhya with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana after fourteen years of exile. People light diyas to mark their happiness and honor the day when Ramas army defeated Ravanas forces.
Bas-reliefs at Prambanan temple near Yogyakarta depict scenes from the Ramayana carved into balustrades in the 9th century. Stone panels at Nagarjunakonda show Bharatas meeting with Rama at Chitrakuta dating to the 3rd century CE.