CONTENTS
Preface ....... vii
Kumaralata and the early Kavya, Sanskrit, and Prakrit viii
Kalidasa's Date and Place of Birth . . x
Greek and Indian Fables . . . . . x
The Dramas of Bhasa . . . . xii
Dandin and the Avantisundarlkatha . . . xvi
The Authenticity of the Arthafdstra . . . xvii
The Dates of the Philosophical Systems . . . xx
Medical Fragments from Turkestan . . . xxiii
The Indian Origin of the Numerals . . . xxiii
Sanskrit as a vernacular ..... xxiv
PART I. * THE LANGUAGE
I. Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Apabhranca. <>
i . The Origin of Sanskrit .... a. The Character and Extent of the Use of Sanskrit
3. The Characteristics and Development of Sanskrit
in Literature .....
4. The Prakrits .....
5. Apabhrafica .....
PART II. BELLES-LETTRES AND POETICS
II. The Origin and Development of Kavya Literature
1. The Sources of the Kavya
2. The Testimony of the Ramayana
3. The Evidence of Patanjali and Pifigala
4. Kavya in Inscriptions
5. The Kamasutra and the Poet's Milieu
III. Acvaghosa and Early Buddhist Kavya
1. Acvaghosa's Works
2. Acvaghosa's Style and Language
3. The Avadanas
4. Arya Cura and later Poetry
IV. Kalidasa and the Guptas
1. The Guptas and the Brahmin Revival
2. Harisena and Vatsabhatti
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5*
55 55 59 64 67
74 74 77
