Complex sentence: With evidence of Vishnu temples in the medieval era, the dance arts have been passed down verbally from generation to generation as an oral tradition, however, the first reliably dated written texts describing the art of Manipuri dance are from the early 18th-century.
Split into simpler sentences: With evidence of Vishnu temples in the medieval era, the dance arts have been passed down verbally from generation to generation as an oral tradition. The first reliably dated written texts describing the art of Manipuri dance are from the early 18th-century.