Legendary Ancient King of Sri Lanka- Ravna, according to myth, married Mandodari who was connected in some way to the Mayan civilization in Mexico. Is there any historical evidence of King Ravna, or more generally, where the myth may have come from?

by skritser

I am finding on Wikipedia that Mandodari was the daughter of the god Maya. I am not finding anything connecting Maya to the Mayan civilization in Mexico. Is this a simple misinterpretation?

I found that King Ravna may have been based on a king from around 2500 BC, much earlier than the Mayan civilization.

Gopu_17

Maya was not a god but an Asura or demon called Mayasura. Maya appears prominently in both Ramayana and Mahabharata. He was said to have been a brilliant architect. His daughters Mandodari and Dhanyamalini were married to Ravana. Maya also appear in Mahabharata in which he build a palace called 'Mayasabha' for the Pandavas. Maya has no connection to the Mayan Civillization of Mesoamerica.