The History of Indian Literature c10.38

c10.38

Pp. 200, 12, 205, 20. According to Hall, Vásavad., Introd., p. 27, Bhavabhúti would have to be placed earlier than Subandhu, and if so, of course, *à fortiori*, earlier than Báṇa: the latter, however, does not allude to him in the classic passage in the introduction to the Harsha-charita, where he enumerates his predecessors (Hall, *ibid.*, pp. 13, 14). See also *Ind. Streifen*, i. 355.