A History of Sanskrit Literature c19.20

c19.20

The existence of such conditions has induced Professor Weber to believe that the representations of Greek plays, which must have taken place at the courts of Greek princes in Bactria, in the Panjāb, and in Gujarat, suggested the drama to the Indians as a subject for imitation. This theory is supported by the fact that the curtain of the Indian stage is called *yavanikā* or the "Greek partition." Weber at the same time admits that there is no internal connection between the Indian and the Greek drama.