LITERATURE

LITERATURE

The growing influence of brahmanical religion gave impe.tus to the development of Sanskrit which displa( Prakrit as the popular language. Most of the inscripti( now began to be written in Sanskrit, which became 1 official language of the Gupta empire. To this period belc the 13 plays of Bhasa and those of Kalidasa. Most of, plays of this period had happy endings. The higher clas are given dialogues in Sanskrit, while the lower clas speak Prakrit in these plays.

Kalidasa's Abhijnanasakuntal is considered to be one of the best hundred literary WOI in the world. The two great epics, the Ramayana and 1 Mahabharata, were compiled in this period. Of the Purall the earlier ones were finally compiled in the Gupta tim The period also saw the compilation of various Smritis the law hooks written in verse. The period is particula memorable for the compilation of Amarakosha by AmarsimJ who was a luminary in the court of Chandra Gupta il, a the Panchatantra. Sanskrit language developed an om style. From this period onwards we find greater empha on verse than on prose.