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The upper limit of the NS cannot be fixed with any certainty. Though the NS mentions Vi艣vakarma on architecture, P奴rv膩c膩ryas, K膩mas奴stra, K膩matantra, B峁沨aspati, N膩rada, Ta峁囜笉u, Pasupatas, 艢abara, 膧bh墨ra, Dr膩vi岣峚 and Saka, all these details cannot lead to any certain inference about the date of the NS. They only make it probable that the present NS is not much older than the beginning of Christian era. The lower limit can be indicated with more certainty. Taking the examples from K膩vyaprak膩艣a, Y膩j帽avalkyasm峁泃i, Saptasati of Satavahana, Ku峁�峁璦nimata, and those of Anandavardhana, Bhavabh奴ti, B膩峁嘺 K膩岣穒d膩sa, and from old Kanarese inscriptions, Kane asserts that the NS cannot be assigned to a later period than about 300 A.D. Bhasa's plays which have been regarded as earlier to Kalid膩sa, do not strictly follow the rites of Bharata's NS. From this it follows that Bh膩sa lived before Bharata. But as the periods of Bhasa, K膩岣穒d膩sa, Asvagh艒sa etc. are uncertain, it is also uncertain who preceded whom. In that condition the date of Bharata's NS cannot be fixed unless and until the periods of K膩岣穒d膩sa and Bh膩sa are decided. It could only be said as much that the present NS cannot be assigned to a later date than 300 A.D. and there is a possibility of its being earlier. It has been stated that the Bharatas produced a play before Indra and others portraying that how the gods vanquished the demons. While quietening the disturbing elements, Brahma explained the nature of Natya. He said that a play portrays the mixed pleasures and pains of the world. 38