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The second book that was written during this period is 

 Kamandaki's Niti Sastra. The author Kamandaki begins by 

 an obeisance to his Guru Kautilya. He must have been a 

 younger contemporary to that renowned author. 



The third book is Patanjali's Mahabhasya, written during 

 the reign of Pusyamitra, during the middle of the second 

 century B.C. The author himself says ' c Pusyamitram 

 Yajayamah." We officiate in the sacrifice of ^Pusyamitra. 



The fourth book is the Bharata Xatya Sastra which in a 

 previous paper I have placed in the earlier part of the second 

 century B.C. 



The fifth work is Manu Samhita, which Biihler placed be- 

 tween the second century B.C. and the second century A. D. But 

 this period can be limited to the first century B.C. as the preten- 

 sions advanced in favor of Brahmanas to possess all escheats and 

 all minerals can only be tolerated when they held the imperial 

 sway ; and this the Brahmanas did during the greater part of 

 the first century B.C. 



The sixth work is Vatsyayana's Kama Sutras which gives 



the details of a scandalous deed in the family of Kuntala Sata- 

 karni of the Andhra dynasty, which can be known only to a 

 contemporary. And Kuntala Satakarni's date is the beginning 

 of the first century B.C. 



The seventh work is Vatsyayana's Bhasya to the Nyaya 

 Sutras, which has been refuted by Dinnaga during the earlier 

 years of the fifth century A.D. 



8. Prasasta Pada's Bhasya to Vaesesika Sutras comes to the 

 same period as it belongs to the older class of Bhasyas whicli 

 do not care, as later Bhasyas do, to follow the original word 

 for word and in the same order. 



9. Mathara Bhasya, now lost to the Samkhya Sutras, was 

 written by an officer of the Emperor Kaniska who, whatever 

 differences there may be about his exact date, comes clearly 

 within the seven hundred years of the supposed inactivity in 



Sanskrit. 



10. Within the same period also comes the redaction of the 

 Agnivesa Samhita by Caraka, the physician to Kaniska. 



1 1 . Savara' s Bhasya to the Jai mini S utras refutes the vana- 

 vada of the earlier Mahayanists, and so it clearly comes within 



this period. 



12. The Katantra Sutras were written for the benefit of 



Salivahana, a king of the Andhra dynasty who wanted to learn 

 Sanskrit in six months ; and the whole period of the Andhra 

 dynasty comes within the limits of these seven hundred years. 



13. The earlier Mahapuranas, Matsya, Visnu and Vaya were 

 compiled during this period, and though there are later additions, 

 the bulk of the works were written during this period. 



14. Mrcchakatika, the oldest Sanskrit drama extant, has 

 been by all authorities placed in or before the first century A.I). 



