Shudraka

active India, 4th century

Biography??draka was an Indian King. Three Sanskrit plays are ascribed to him - Mricchakatika (The Little Clay Cart), Vinavasavadatta, and a bhana (short one-act monologue), Padmaprabhritaka.[1] He has been identified as Abhira King Indranigupta, who used the pen name Sudraka.[2]
Bhattacharji, Sukumari History of Classical Sanskrit Literature, Sangam Books, London, 1993, ISBN 0-86311-242-0, p.93
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References[edit]
Ryder, Arthur William. Translator. The Little Clay Cart (Mrcchakatika): A Hindu Drama attributed to King Shudraka, Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Press, 1905.
Banerjee, Biswanath. Shudraka - Makers of Indian Literature, Paperback, Sahitya Academy, India, 1999, 110pp, ISBN 81-260-0697-8
(Wikipedia)

For more information, see pages 55-62 of Richmond, Farley P., Darius L. Swann, and Phillip B. Zarrilli. 2007. Indian theatre: traditions of performance. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. Available on Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=OroCOEqkVg4C&pg=PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false
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