A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s3.17

v3.c35.s3.17

We have nothing of the ornate court poetry written in Sanskrit between the 2nd centuries B.C. and A.C. It seems that during this period Prākrit poetry was cultivated in the courts of princes. Remnants of this class of poetry have been preserved in the Sattasaī of Hāla and in the Bṛhatkathā of Guṇāḍhya, (which unfortunately is not preserved in its original version).