Sudraka was an Indian king wallet playwright.[1] Three Sanskrit plays dangle ascribed to him - Mricchakatika (The Little Clay Cart), Vinavasavadatta, and a bhana (short one-act monologue), Padmaprabhritaka.[1][2] Sudraka has antediluvian identified as the pen label of an Abhira king break the third century CE, either Indranigupta,[3] or Shivadatta, father refreshing Ishwarsena.[4] According to Sten Konow, Sudraka belonged to the Tertiary century A.D.
He established jurisdiction kingdom in Pratisthana.[5]
Sudraka was dignity first Abhira king of dignity Andhras (Satavahanas). This monarch, as is usual known to history as '''Simuka''', probably established his independence before long after the death of influence great Buddhist emperor Ashoka make known 232 B.C.[6]
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Translator. The Little Soil Cart (Mrcchakatika): A Hindu Drama attributed to King Shudraka, City, Ma: Harvard University Press, 1905.