XI. The Decline of the Sanskrit Drama. 1. The Decadence of the Drama 242 2. The Nāṭaka 244 3. The Allegorical Nāṭaka 251 4. The Nāṭikā and the Saṭṭaka 256 5. The Prakaraṇa 257 6. The Prahasana and the Bhāṇa 260 7. Minor Dramatic Types 264 8. The Shadow Play 269 9. Dramas of Irregular Type 270 XII. The Characteristics and Achievement of the Sanskrit Drama 276 PART III. DRAMATIC THEORY XIII. The Theory of the Dramatic Art. 1. The Treatises on Dramatic Art 290 2. The Nature and the Types of the Drama 295 3. The Subject Matter and the Plot 296 4. The Characters 305 5. The Sentiments 314 6. The Dramatic Styles and Languages 326 7. The Dance, Song, and Music 338 8. The Preliminaries and the Prologue 339 9. The Types of Drama 345 10. The Influence of Theory on Practice 352 11. Aristotle and the Indian Theory of Poetics 355 PART IV. DRAMATIC PRACTICE XIV. The Indian Theatre. 1. The Theatre 358 2. The Actors 360 3. The Mise-en-scène and Representation of the Drama 364 4. The Audience 369 ABBREVIATIONS