My main piece of text for the ISP is the Natya Shastra, an ancient Indian text, encompassing the entirety of performing arts, including theatre, dance and music. It is often attributed to the Sage Bharata, who is assumed to have written the text during the Classical period of India, sometime between 200 BCE and 200 CE. The Natya Shastra (translated) will be a primary source of historical, factual research for this project, as it provides the theory and technical basis for Bharatanatyam as a whole.