A History of Sanskrit Literature: Classical Period, Vol. I c4.36

c4.36

In conclusion I wish to suggest that the cause of the artificiality and unreality of the life depicted in the Kāvyas is due to two facts : one, the gradual depletion of life form society due to the rigour of the *Smṛti* and absence of any intercourse with any foreign literature, and the other, the conservatism for which whatever foreign life was known to India could not in any way influence the character and perspective of the Indians.