A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c10.216

c10.216

Passages like these, to which we might add the well-known introduction to the Mahâbhârata, leave little doubt that, at the time when these modern plays were composed, writing was generally practised by women as well as men. Why should there be no such passage in any of the genuine early Sanskrit works, if writing had then been equally known?