CONTENTS
PART I. THE ORIGIN OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA
I. Dramatic Elements in Vedic Literature. 1. The Indian Tradition of the Origin of the Drama 12 2. The Dialogues of the Veda 3. Dramatic Elements in Vedic Ritual
II. Post-Vedic Literature and the Origin of the Drama. 1. The Epics 2. The Grammarians 3. Religion and the Drama 4. Theories of the Secular Origin of the Drama 5. Greek Influence on the Sanskrit Drama 6. The Çakas and the Sanskrit Drama 7. The Evidence of the Prākrits 8. The Literary Antecedents of the Drama
PART II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SANSKRIT DRAMA
III. Açvaghoṣa and the Buddhist Drama. 1. The Çāriputraprakaraṇa 2. The Allegorical and the Hetaera Dramas 3. The Language of the Dramas 4. The Metres
IV. Bhāsa. 1. The Authenticity of Bhāsa's Dramas 2. The Date of Bhāsa's Dramas 3. The Dramas and their Sources 4. Bhāsa's Art and Technique 5. Bhāsa's Style 6. The Language of the Plays 7. The Metres of the Dramas
