Natyasastra

Sanskrit drama probably developed from

• Greek theatre

• religious rituals

• no one knows

• a literary tradition

The stories Sanskrit drama are based on date back to about

• 1500 BCE

• 2000 BCE

• 200 CE

• 650 CE

The two most famous stories are:

• Dhoom

• The Ramayana

• The Mahabarata

• The Odyssey

The golden age of Sanskrit drama was in the :

• Gupta Dynasty (320-550 AD)

• Kushan Dynasty (40-176 AD)

• Ghazni Dynasty (962-1116 AD)

• Vardhana or Pushyabhuti Dynasty (560-647 AD)

The Natyasastra was written by:

• Bhrama

• Khrishna

• Bharata Muni

• Indra

The Natyasastra claims that theatre was created by Bhrama because

• he wanted to show how good the gods were

• he wanted to show how bad the demons were

• he was worried the language was changing

• he thought scriptures were too literary

Bhrama taught the arts of theatre to Barata Muni who taught it to his

• 1000 sons

• son

• 100 sons

• family

There were originally________ rasas

• 8

• 12

• 10

• 5

Rasa translates as:

• option

• mood

• thought

• idea

There are ______ Bharas

• 9

• 8

• 10

• 11