Twilight of the Sultanate c16.s5.11

c16.s5.11

According to A. B. Keith production of Sanskrit literature had suffered in quality under Turkish rule. The later additions to *Rājtaranganī* by Jonrāja, Srīvara and Prīya Bhatta were not so meritorious as the work of Kalhana himself.¹⁰⁵ Keith is also of the opinion that in the process of Turkish conquest Sanskrit drama "took refuge in those parts of India where Muslim power was the slowest to extend".¹⁰⁶ True, the creative period had long been a matter of the past; the "immense" quantity of production in every branch in general lacks originality. And yet the fifteenth century was not a period of stagnation. On the other hand the works of Vāchaspati Misra, Mādhavacharya and Vallabhachārya as well as those on music and grammar do credit to the period of our study.¹⁰⁷