More than ten years have passed since Volume I of
the translation of the Natyasastra appeared. During this
period anxious enquiries have repeatedly been made by several
readers about the coining out of Volume II. Hence 1 owe
au explanation to them all for this inordinate delay in
completing this work. Apart from other minor reasons,
extremely corrupt nature of an important part of the original,
compelled in*. 1 to proceed slowly with the translation, and this
volume II, unlike its predecessor, being preceded by the publi-
cation of the basic text, made the progress of the work
slower still.

Natya evam natyashastra, Natyashastra ka swaroop, Natyashastra ke samskaran.