History of Indian Theatre, Volume 1

According acting action actors ancient appear artistes associated audience beautiful Bharata Buddha Buddhist called cave century century BC character chorus cult dance dancers deities depicting described Devadasi dialogue Dionysus drama drum elements enacted epic evidence existence explains fact feels female festival figures ganikas girls give given gods Greek hall hand honour hymn imitation Indian indicates Indra influence inscription interesting Jain Jataka kind king known Krishna literature living Lord Mahabharata means mentioned moving musical instruments nata nature Natya occurs offered origin paintings performance period person play present priest probably procession puppet refers religious representing ritual says scene scholars sculpture seats seems seen Shastra Shiva shows similar singing song speaks stage story string Tandava temple term theatre theatrical thou tradition various Veda Vedic verse wine women worship writes Yavana