Chitrangada (play)

Chitrangada
Title page of a Bengali version by Visvabharati
AuthorRabindranath Tagore
LanguageBengali
GenreDance drama
Published1892
Publication placeBritish India

Published in 1892, Chitrangada is a dance-drama, i.e. a Nritya-Nāṭya (Bengali: নৃত্যনাট্য) written by Rabindranath Tagore. The drama is based on the story of Chitrāngadā (IAST: Citrāṅgadā), the mythological princess of the Kingdom of Manipur and one of the wives of Arjuna according to the Mahabharata.[1]

References

  1. ^ Mittal, J.P. (2006). History of Ancient India. Vol. 2. India: Atlantic Publishers and Dist. p. 493. ISBN 8126906170.
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