In my paper I have traced the major touchstones in the history of performance in India, from the epics and the wandering bards to the contemporary theatre of modern India. The post-Vedic literary period marks an important phase in the making of Indian drama. The epics Ramayana and Mahabharata with their dialogue oriented poetic structures, the tradition of recitation by a whole class of reciters, have enriched Indian performance tradition and have ... given the country a distinctive performative culture. Indian culture is essentially the product of oral tradition, which forms the blueprint of...

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