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The Date of the Bṛhatkathā and the Mudrārākṣasa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

A. Berriedale Keith
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , January 1909 , pp. 145 - 149
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page 145 note 1 pp. 44–60.

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page 145 note 3 Cf. Smith, Vincent, Early History of India, pp. 193Google Scholar seq. The evidence for the dating of this dynasty is still very unsatisfactory.

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page 148 note 1 ProfessorSpeyer, , p. 54,Google Scholar points out that the Bṛhatkathā can hardly have been the source of the Mudrārākṣasa. This point cannot be proved, as the mere silence of two epitomes is inconclusive (cf. Hopkins, , Great Epic of India, p. 398Google Scholar), but it is certain that Viśākhadatta did not invent the tale, though I do not believe that it undoubtedly represents a historical tradition (Vincent Smith, op. cit., p. 118, n.).

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