The Splendour that was ʾInd: A Survey of Indian Culture and Civilisation (from the Earliest Times to the Death of Emperor Aurangzeb)D. B. Taraporevala, 1930 - 236 pages |
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Page 86
... whole range of Sanskrit literature for its intense pathos . The classic Indian drama knows no tragedy ; and , therefore , this play is made to end happily . But if there is anywhere a real approach to the tragic in the Sanskrit drama ...
... whole range of Sanskrit literature for its intense pathos . The classic Indian drama knows no tragedy ; and , therefore , this play is made to end happily . But if there is anywhere a real approach to the tragic in the Sanskrit drama ...
Page 87
... whole , however , the modern criticism is not utterly unfounded that the Sanskrit drama suffers from a degree of monotony . The inventiveness of the Indian artists is by no means amazing in plot and purpose , in theme and motive , in ...
... whole , however , the modern criticism is not utterly unfounded that the Sanskrit drama suffers from a degree of monotony . The inventiveness of the Indian artists is by no means amazing in plot and purpose , in theme and motive , in ...
Page 184
... whole edifice , thus balanced , has any tendency to move , it is to fall inwards , which from its circular form is impossible ; while the action of the weight of the pendentives being in the opposite direction to that of the dome , it ...
... whole edifice , thus balanced , has any tendency to move , it is to fall inwards , which from its circular form is impossible ; while the action of the weight of the pendentives being in the opposite direction to that of the dome , it ...
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