PART II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA

III. Açvaghoṣa and the Buddhist Drama. 1. The Çāriputraprakaraṇa 80 2. The Allegorical and the Hetaera Dramas 83 3. The Language of the Dramas 85 4. The Metres 89

IV. Bhāsa. 1. The Authenticity of Bhāsa’s Dramas 91 2. The Date of Bhāsa’s Dramas 93 3. The Dramas and their Sources 95 4. Bhāsa’s Art and Technique 105 5. Bhāsa’s Style 114 6. The Language of the Plays 120 7. The Metres of the Dramas 123

V. The Precursors of Kālidāsa and Çūdraka. 1. The Precursors of Kālidāsa 127 2. The Authorship and Age of the Mṛcchakaṭikā 128 3. The Mṛcchakaṭikā 131 4. The Prākrits 140 5. The Metres 142

VI. Kālidāsa. 1. The Date of Kālidāsa 143 2. The Three Dramas of Kālidāsa 147 3. Kālidāsa’s Dramatic Art 155 4. The Style 160 5. The Language and the Metres 166

VII. Candra, Harṣa, and Mahendravikramavarman. 1. Candra or Candraka 168 2. The Authorship of the Dramas ascribed to Harṣa 170 3. The Three Dramas 171 4. Harṣa’s Art and Style 175 5. The Language and the Metres of Harṣa’s Dramas 181 6. Mahendravikramavarman 182

VIII. Bhavabhūti. 1. The Date of Bhavabhūti 186 2. The Three Plays 187 3. Bhavabhūti’s Dramatic Art and Style 192 4. The Language and the Metres 203

IX. Viçākhadatta and Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa. 1. The Date of Viçākhadatta 204 2. The Mudrārākṣasa 205 3. The Language and the Metres of the Mudrārākṣasa 211 4. The Date of Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa 212 5. The Veṇīsaṁhāra 212 6. The Language and the Metres of the Veṇīsaṁhāra 219

X. Murāri, Rājaçekhara, their Predecessors and Successors. 1. The Predecessors of Murāri 220 2. Murāri 225 3. The Anargharāghava 226 4. The Date of Rājaçekhara 231 5. The Dramas of Rājaçekhara 232 6. Bhīmaṭa and Kṣemīçvara 239

XI. The Decline of the Sanskrit Drama. 1. The Decadence of the Drama 242 2. The Nāṭaka 244 3. The Allegorical Nāṭaka 251 4. The Nāṭikā and the Saṭṭaka 256 5. The Prakaraṇa 257 6. The Prahasana and the Bhāṇa 260 7. Minor Dramatic Types 264 8. The Shadow Play 269 9. Dramas of Irregular Type 270

XII. The Characteristics and Achievement of the Sanskrit Drama 276