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Title: Tales from the Hindu Dramatists

Author: R. N. Dutta

Editor: J. S. Zemin

Release Date: April 29, 2006 [EBook #18285]

Language: English

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TALES FROM

THE HINDU DRAMATISTS.

BY

R. N. DUTTA, B.A., B.L.,

_Late Officiating Head-Master, Metropolitan Institution,
Bowbazar Branch, Calcutta;_

AUTHOR OF "THE BOY'S RAMAYANA."

REVISED BY
J. S. ZEMIN,

_Professor of English Literature, Bishop's College, and
Central College, Calcutta;
Late Principal, Doveton College, Calcutta;
Hon. Fellow and Examiner, University of Calcutta_.

Calcutta.
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The Hon'ble Sir Justice

ASHUTOSH MOOKERJEE, SARASWATI, Kt.

C.S.I., M.A., D.L., D.S.C., F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E.

_Vice-Chancellor of the University of
CALCUTTA._

THIS BOOK

IS

DEDICATED

as a sincere token of the esteem and admiration of the

AUTHOR

for his eminent services to the cause of the

ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING.

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PREFACE.

Many educationists think that our Indian boys should be encouraged to
read the stories of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, the two great
Epics of India and Tales from the Sanskrit Dramatists when they are
recommended to read "The Boy's Odyssey," "Legends of Greece and Rome,"
"Arabian