Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s1.24

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⁴ Theatre of the Hindus, ii. 125. The work is no doubt much older than he thought, owing to his erroneous opinion that the Jains were later than the Buddhists. It is now well established that they were more ancient. Professor Speyer (in his recent Studies about the Kathāsaritsāgara) also says: “Viśākhadatta and his admirable drama are to be placed many centuries earlier than is generally done” (JRAS, 1908, p. 910).