The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c10.104

c10.104

² According to Bharata's *Natya sastra*, there were seven dialects: Magadhi, Avanti, Prachya, Sauraseni, Ardha-magadhi, Vahlika and what he calls Southern or Dakshinatya. Similarly we get regional classifications in Dandin's *Kavyadarsa* and *Sahitya Darpana*. In the later work, there is a detailed list of languages and dialects spoken in different parts of the country.