| The earliest form of Indian theatre was the Sanskrit theatre.[91] It emerged sometime between the 2nd century BCE and the 1st century CE and flourished between the 1st century CE and the 10th, which was a period of relative peace in the history of India during which hundreds of plays were written.[92] With the Islamic conquests that began in the 10th and 11th centuries, theatre was discouraged or forbidden entirely.[93] Later, in an attempt to re-assert indigenous values and ideas, village theatre was encouraged across the subcontinent, developing in a large number of regional languages from the 15th to the 19th centuries.[94] Modern Indian theatre developed during the period of colonial rule under the British Empire, from the mid-19th century until the mid-20th.[95] |
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