A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s3.21

v3.c35.s3.21

Of the same period is the great Sanskrit inscription of Mahākṣatrapa Rudradāman, that is a formal poem in prose³. Long compounds and long sentences, like those required by Daṇḍin for prose composition, as well as the various embellishments are all through found in this inscription. The style is what has been designated by Daṇḍin as the “Vaidarbha” style. The fact that already in the 2nd century A.D. the style of ornate poetry was taken over to prose too and was used in inscriptions as well probably proves that it had developed much earlier.