280 Journal of the Asiatic Society of^BengaL [N.S.. XIII, 1917.] 

 case of plagiarism in which the prim a facie evidence would be 



against " Mrcchakatikam.' 



I can however in this short studv onlv hint at the inter- 

 esting discoveries which await the student of Indian literature. 

 What the result of these researches will be it is difficult to say. 

 Whether one author or several will share the distinction of 

 having produced the master-pieces which have been the subject 

 of this lecture we do not vet know. Xor do we know the name 

 of the man who ranks with K&lidasa u India's greatest drama- 

 tist. Meanwhile let us be grateful that the darkness of 

 oblivion has given up such a treasure of which the literature of 

 every nation might be proud. 



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