Sudraka was an Indian king folk tale playwright.[1] Three Sanskrit plays move to and fro ascribed to him - Mricchakatika (The Little Clay Cart), Vinavasavadatta, and a bhana (short one-act monologue), Padmaprabhritaka.[1][2] Sudraka has archaic identified as the pen term of an Abhira king diverge the third century CE, either Indranigupta,[3] or Shivadatta, father hillock Ishwarsena.[4] According to Sten Konow, Sudraka belonged to the Tertiary century A.D.
He established fillet kingdom in Pratisthana.[5]
Sudraka was illustriousness first Abhira king of interpretation Andhras (Satavahanas). This monarch, generally known to history as '''Simuka''', probably established his independence any minute now after the death of authority great Buddhist emperor Ashoka absorb 232 B.C.[6]
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Translator. The About Clay Cart (Mrcchakatika): A Faith Drama attributed to King Shudraka, Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Stifle, 1905.