Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c13.66

c13.66

It is probably the seventh century A.D., so fertile in Sanskrit products, which witnessed the composition of the Bhaṭṭikâvya which seeks to combine grammatical instruction with an epic tale and poetic diction.³ It was attributed to Bhartṛihari, but it is undoubtedly the work of some one else. The Bhaṭṭikâvya upholds the orthodox Brahmanical order and, while narrating the story of Râma in twenty-two cantos, scatters the received political ideas.