V. The Precursors of Kālidāsa and Çūdraka. 1. The Precursors of Kālidāsa 127 2. The Authorship and Age of the Mṛcchakaṭikā 128 3. The Mṛcchakaṭikā 131 4. The Prākrits 140 5. The Metres 142 VI. Kālidāsa. 1. The Date of Kālidāsa 143 2. The Three Dramas of Kālidāsa 147 3. Kālidāsa’s Dramatic Art 155 4. The Style 160 5. The Language and the Metres 166 VII. Candra, Harṣa, and Mahendravikramavarman. 1. Candra or Candraka 168 2. The Authorship of the Dramas ascribed to Harṣa 170 3. The Three Dramas 171 4. Harṣa’s Art and Style 175 5. The Language and the Metres of Harṣa’s Dramas 181 6. Mahendravikramavarman 182 VIII. Bhavabhūti. 1. The Date of Bhavabhūti 186 2. The Three Plays 187 3. Bhavabhūti’s Dramatic Art and Style 192 4. The Language and the Metres 203 IX. Viçākhadatta and Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa. 1. The Date of Viçākhadatta 204 2. The Mudrārākṣasa 205 3. The Language and the Metres of the Mudrārākṣasa 211 4. The Date of Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa 212 5. The Veṇīsaṁhāra 212 6. The Language and the Metres of the Veṇīsaṁhāra 219 X. Murāri, Rājaçekhara, their Predecessors and Successors. 1. The Predecessors of Murāri 220 2. Murāri 225 3. The Anargharāghava 226 4. The Date of Rājaçekhara 231 5. The Dramas of Rājaçekhara 232 6. Bhīmaṭa and Kṣemīçvara 239