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The Natya Shastra is an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts, encompassing theatre, dance and music. It was written during the period between 200 BC and 200 AD in classical India and is traditionally attributed to the Sage Bharata.

The Natya Shastra is incredibly wide in its scope. While it primarily deals with stagecraft, it has come to influence music, classical Indian dance, and literature as well. It covers stage design, music, dance, makeup, and virtually every other aspect of stagecraft. It is very important to the history of Indian classical music because it is the only text which gives such detail about the music and instruments of the period. Written in Sanskrit, the text consists of 6, 000 sutras, or verse stanzas, incorporated in 36 chapters.

It is said that on the demand of god, god Brahma produced Natyaved by extracting some portions from the four Vedas and entrusted it to sage Bharat. This treatise gives a detailed information about origin and nature of drama.

Bharat muni is writer of Natya Shashtra which is ancient Indian treatise on Arts, Dance and music It consist 6000 sutras and it is written in period between 200 B. C.

I think Natya - Shastra tells the history of some historical events through a dance.

The Natya shastra written by Bharath Muni. So we called it has "Bharatha Natya".

I think Natya - Shastra is not related to dance but it is related to drama.

The Natyasastra discusses dance and many other performance arts.

Natya shastra mainly related to Claasical dance as for I know.

Gandhiji's full name is Mohan Das KaramChand Gandhi.

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