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Hindu Theatre: An interpretation of Bharata’s second Adhyaya

By D. R. Mankad

Vol. 8 · No. 3September - 1932pp. 480–499English
Hindu Theatre Architecture

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  1. Dictionary of Hindu Architecture, by Dr. P. K. Acharya, 1927, Allahabad
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Vol. 8 · No. 3
425–441Some Problems of Indian PhilosophyArthur Berriedale Keith442–448The Eastern Cālukyas (II) — Kubja‑ViṣṇuvardhanaDhirendra Chandra Ganguly449–461RaziyyaNirode Bhusan Roy462–465Mahanama in the Pali LiteratureB. Siddhartha466–479Was Candragupta low‑born?Harit Krishna Deb480–499Hindu Theatre: An interpretation of Bharata’s second AdhyayaD. R. MankadCurrent article500–508Krishna and JarasandhaSadashiva L. Katre509–520Some Problems of Sāṅkhya Philosophy and Sāṅkhya LiteratureKali Pada Bhattacharya521–534Some Janapadas of Ancient RāḍhāPrabodh Chandra Sengupta535–541The Prince of Wales Museum grant of Mahāsāmanta IndrakēśīB. C. S. Sharma542–548Two new lists of KalāsChintaharan Chakravarti549–564Ancient coins found in Pāñcāla, Ayodhyā, Kauśāmbī and Mathurā — a StudyCharu Chandra Das Gupta565–570The Jaina School of Astronomy (Part II) - The Theory of the two SunsSukumar Ranjan Das571–582Mir Qasim at MonghyrNandlal Chatterji583–588Fire‑Arms in Ancient India (Part III)Jogesh Chandra Roy589–590Miscellany – A Note on a passage in the Śatapatha BrāhmaṇaS. N. Pradhan591–594Miscellany – Notes on Aśoka RescriptsSailendra Nath Mitra595–599Miscellany – Kapardaka PurāṇaSurendra Kishore Chakraborty600–605Some Problems of Pre‑Buddhist History and ChronologyHem Chandra Raychaudhuri606–609Uvvata on Syllabication of ConsonantsV. Venkatarama Sharma610–610The Besnagar Inscription of HeliodorosVidhushekhara Bhattacharya611–614Identity of Vidyaranya and MadhavacaryaK. Markandeya Sharma615–617Nalanda Stone Inscription of Yaśovarmadeva – A RejoinderA. K. Mrityunjayam618–623Cauhān Mahārājas of Pāṭnā State (Mahākosala)L. P. Pandeya Sharma624–631ReviewsJitendra Nath Banerjee632–638Select Contents of Oriental Journals639–641Bibliographical Notes

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