• KRISHNA TAMULI

Indian dance has variety of colors. It was practiced as sacred in ancient time and gradually it passes different phases. The leading Indian scholar Kapila Vatsayan divided the history of dance into three or four periods. The first is the pre-historic or proto- historic period, this period carries the cave paintings, engravings. There are no literary records in this period. History starts with Vedas, which is in the second period. The second period may be considered from 2nd century B.C. to the 9th century A.D. Both those period are considered as Ancient period. The third period may be considered from the 10th or 11th to the 18th or 19th century A.D. This period include early medieval and late medieval period. And the forth period is from 18th or 19th century to the contemporary India which is called the modern period. In this paper, I have studied about the evolution of Indian dance in different period, its social, political, cultural, economical change and what are the dances present in different period of time.

Indian Dance, Krishna Tamuli, Periods of Dance

"Indian Dance in Three Periods", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no.157-164, April-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004227.pdf

"Indian Dance in Three Periods", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no. pp157-164, April-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004227.pdf