PART I. THE ORIGIN OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA

PAGE I. Dramatic Elements in Vedic Literature. 1. The Indian Tradition of the Origin of the Drama 12 2. The Dialogues of the Veda 13 3. Dramatic Elements in Vedic Ritual 23

II. Post-Vedic Literature and the Origin of the Drama. 1. The Epics 28 2. The Grammarians 31 3. Religion and the Drama 36 4. Theories of the Secular Origin of the Drama 49 5. Greek Influence on the Sanskrit Drama 57 6. The Çakas and the Sanskrit Drama 69 7. The Evidence of the Prākrits 72 8. The Literary Antecedents of the Drama 75