Excerpt from Sacontala, or the Fatal Ring: An Indian Drama Dramatick poetry mull have been imme morially ancient in the Indian empire: the invention of it is commonly afcribed to Bheret, a fage believed to have been in fpired, who invented alfo a fyflem of mu fick which bears his name; but this opi nion of its origin is rendered very doubtful by the univerfal belief, that the firfl San fcrit verfe ever heard by mortals was pro. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.