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... Hindu drama appear to date back be- yond even the early stirrings of the Greek drama . The long span from about the fourth to the ninth centuries , A.D. , repre- sents the period of its greatest achievement . Hindu drama differs a good ...
... Hindu drama appear to date back be- yond even the early stirrings of the Greek drama . The long span from about the fourth to the ninth centuries , A.D. , repre- sents the period of its greatest achievement . Hindu drama differs a good ...
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... Hindu play had a certain flexibility of movement and shifting locale which would have made it admirably suited to ... Hindu audience took these perambulations in its stride . The absence of fixed scenery was of genuine help in such ...
... Hindu play had a certain flexibility of movement and shifting locale which would have made it admirably suited to ... Hindu audience took these perambulations in its stride . The absence of fixed scenery was of genuine help in such ...
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... Hindu scholars . In performance the more common spoken dialects were used . No real vestige of Hindu drama remains today . It passed into obscurity long before modern times because of its own narrow limitations . It was never a ...
... Hindu scholars . In performance the more common spoken dialects were used . No real vestige of Hindu drama remains today . It passed into obscurity long before modern times because of its own narrow limitations . It was never a ...
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