Myth of Ravana as an "Anarya Mulnivasi"

Detailed Investigation

​Valmiki Ramayana (Yuddha Kanda, 6.110.4):

After Ravana falls on the battlefield, his chief queen, Mandodari, rushes to his side in deep lamentation and explicitly addresses him as Aryaputra. 

Valmiki Ramayana (Sundara Kanda, 5.18.2): When Hanuman first enters the golden city of Lanka at night, he discovers that the city is not a lawless, non-Vedic tribal settlement, but a highly disciplined center of Vedic scholarship. He literally hears the synchronized, rhythmic chanting of the Vedas echoing from the palaces of the Rakshasas

Valmiki Ramayana (Yuddha Kanda, 6.109.23):

"He maintained a perpetually sacred fire and practiced great religious austerities. He completely mastered the Vedas and was highly proficient in ritual acts"

The Valmiki Ramayana is the sole primary source detailing the war between Shri Ram and Ravana, and nowhere does this foundational text state that Ravana was a non-Vedic Mlechcha. On the contrary, both his wife and his brother explicitly affirmed that Ravana was a devoted follower of Vedic Dharma, despite his unrighteous deeds

*In the Vedic tradition, a wife calls her husband Aryaputra.