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2
The dates of some authors could not be ascertained from the manuscripts in hand. In such cases they were obtained from the previous search reports or other sources of information.
4. Manuscripts by centuries.-The next table gives the centuries in which the manuscripts were composed :
Century in which the works were composed.
Number of works.
448
12th 14th
1
3
15th
3
16th 17th 18th 19th
39
TENTH REPORT ON THE
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(f) Erotic (MT)
(g) Music ( राग रागिनी)
(a) Total number of manuscripts (b) Religious (TÍÅ) (c) Philosophical (f) (d) Prosodical (पिंगल काव्य ) (e) Rhetorical ( अलंकार नायिकाभेद )
It will be seen that the largest number of works whose dates are known belong to the 18th century. A very large number has been relegated to the column 'unknown', but these include over a hundred works of unknown authors. The oldest work found belonged to the 12th century. It is a well-known work by Chanda Baradai. The Superintendent assigned a work to the 10th century A. D. and another to 12th century, but they have been found to be of much later date as would appear from a brief discussion given further on in paragraph 6.
(h) Dramatic (FOF) (i) Biographical (f)
126 100
5. Subjects of Composition.-The classification of the works by subjects is given below:
....
Unknown,
134
....
448
249
38
12
21
14
3
1
9
