Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c13.68

c13.68

It was probably in the seventh century that Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa composed a play, Veṇī Saṃhāra, on a Mahābhārata incident.¹ It seeks to recall the aristocratic and political temper of the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas but treats of politics in terms of the family and the clan. The political touches which are occasionally furnished in the conversations follow the traditional type.