प्रियदर्शिका नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - चतुरङ्क शास्त्रीय नाटिका सान्वय सटीक)

XXVIII
to Kauśambî with Vâsavadattâ We learn from this conver-
sation that Vatsarâja was incensed when he heard that
Drdhavarman was taken prisoner and kept in custody by
the King of Kalinga. So the news of Dṛhavarman's captivity
must have reached Kaus'ambî by the time the Kanchuki
in the Viṣkambhaka reaches Vindhyaketu's capital. Again
in the same scene when Vijayasena narrates the account
of his conquest and utter destruction of Vindhyaketu, we are
told that he reached the abode of Vindhyaketu after a forced
march of three days and that the attack was made at day-
break. And we know from the speech of the Kanchuki in the
Vis'kambhaka that all was over by the time‘he returned to
Vindyketu's place from Agastya-tirtha where he had gone
to bathe and that no trace of the attackers was found. So it
follows that the battle was of short duration and Vijayasena,
had left the place by or shortly after noon.; for when the
Kanchukî arrived on the scene the sun was still very hot. Now
Vijayasena must have taken at least three days to return to
Kaus'ambî, so that he must have reached it on the seventh day
from his starting from it. So the events mentioned in the
Viskambhaka, viz. Vindhyaketu's destruction, the loss of the
princess and the Chamberlain's resolve to go back to his
captive master, must have taken place four days before the
events of the first act.
Act II An interval of at least one year (or more) separates
the events of the first Act from those of the second; and for
the following reasons. ( 1 ) It is clearly said in the
Praves'aka of the fourth Act that Dṛḍhavarman was in
custody for more than one year, and this interval can only be
placed between the first two Acts, as the third and the
fourth Acts follow pretty closely upon the second. (2) From the
conversation between Indîvarikâ and A'raṇyikâ we learn that
a great intimacy had grown up between them. Again from
the same conversation we further learn of the Queen's
intention to inform the King that A'raṇyikâ had reached
marriageable age, in accordance with his own bidding that he
should be reminded when she reached that age. And in the
same scene when the King sees A'raṇyikâ and discovers that
she is Vindyketu's daughter he exclaims—" Oh we have long
been robbed " All this points to a long interval. (3) From the
King's description of the beautiful scene presented by the