Shudraka
Shudraka (
IAST:
) was an Indian playwright, to whom three
Sanskrit plays are attributed: ''
Mrichchhakatika'' (''The Little Clay Cart''), ''
Vinavasavadatta'', and a ''
bhana'' (short one-act monologue), ''Padmaprabhritaka''. According to the prologue of ''Mrichchhakatika'', he was a king; according to one theory, he may have been a third century
Abhira king. According to another theory, Shudraka is a mythical figure, and the authorship of plays attributed to him is uncertain. Col. Wilfred has identified him with
Simuka, the founder of
Satavahana dynasty and placed him in 200 B.C.
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