Twilight of the Sultanate c16.s5.7

c16.s5.7

Drama and poetry form the soul of Sanskrit literature, and a large number of *Kavyās* and dramas were written during the period of our study. To the early part of the fifteenth century belongs the *Pārvati-Parinya* of Vāman Bhatta Bāna. Gangādhara wrote the *Gangādās-Pratāp-Vilāsa* which deals with the struggle of the Champanir prince, Gangadāsa Pratapdēva, against Muhammad II of Gujarat (A. D. 1443-52). In Bengal, Rūpa Goswāmī, Minister of Sultan Husain Shāh, composed the *Vidagdha Mādhava* and the *Lalitā Mādhava* about A. D. 1532.\104 The Dramas of Rūpa Goswāmī reveal poetical powers of a high order.