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¹ This (8672 ff.) is *perhaps* one of the oldest, certainly one of the most interesting mentions of dramas and dramatic performances in Indian literature. Not only scenes from the life of Kṛṣṇa are here produced, but dramatizations of the great epic Rāmāyaṇa and of the story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga (*cf.* above pp. 399 ff.) are also expressly mentioned. Unfortunately the age of this piece called "Pradyumnottara," is quite uncertain. *Cf.* Sylvain Lévi, "Le théâtre indien," Paris, 1890, pp. 327 ff., and A. B. *Keith*. The Sanskrit Drama, Oxford 1924, pp. 28, 47 f.