The History of Indian Literature c6.40

c6.40

Origin of Drama from dancing, 196; Naṭa-Sútras mentioned in Páṇini, 197; dancing at the great sacrificial festivals, 198; alleged mention of dramas in oldest (?) Buddhistic writings, 199; age of surviving dramas, 200; no foundation for the view which places Kálidása in the first century B.C., 201, 202; internal evidence from Kálidása's dramas themselves on this point, 203; authenticity of the Málavikágnimitra, 204; age of Śúdraka's Mṛichhakaṭí, 205; subject-matter and special peculiarities of the Hindú drama, 206; possibility of Greek influence on its development, 207.