TY - BOOK AU - Parasnath dvivedi TI - Natyashastra ka itihas T2 - Chowkhamb asurabharati granthamala-265 U1 - 891.22 P 2129 N PY - 2012/// CY - Varanasi PB - Chowkhamba surabharti prakshan KW - Sanskrit drama N1 - The composition date of Natyashastra is unknown, estimates vary between 500 BCE to 500 CE. The text may have started in the 1st millennium BCE,expanded over time, and most scholars suggest, based on mention of this text in other Indian literature, that the first complete version of the text was likely finished between 200 BCE to 200 CE. The Natya Shastra is traditionally alleged to be linked to a 36,000 verse Vedic composition called Adibharata, however there is no corroborating evidence that such a text ever existed; Natyashastra ke prachina acharya, Adibharat evam vruddhabharat ER -