Vakataka gupta age: circa 200-550

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Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, Anant Sadashiv Altekar
Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1986 - History - 515 pages
Many text on music dance and drama continued to be written in different parts of India until the 17th century. Between the 12th and the 16th century regional styles emerged. Medieval texts have been discovered in all parts. One amongst these is the Srihastamuktavali belonging to the eastern tradition.

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Contents

I
363
Vedic Religion
369
57
375
Buddhism
382
Technical and Primary Education
396
Bhāsa
403
Technical Literature
409
Astronomy
418

Kosala Dakshina Kosala and Mekala
86
CHAPTER V
93
Narendrasena
121
AppendixNote on the Chronology
251
CHAPTER XIV
265
Powers of the King
273
10
285
Taxation
291
The Coinage of the Republics
298
Coinage in South India
306
CHAPTER XVII
334
CHAPTER XVIII
342
FINE ARTS
442
Secular Architecture
460
xxiii
475
CHAPTER VI
486
Index
491
AppendixThe Extent of the kingdom of Chandragupta_I
493
ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF THE GUPTA PERIOD
496
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Plates IXV
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Map of India
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