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Shudraka

500 - 500

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Shudraka (IAST: Śūdraka) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shudraka has received more than 120,336 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Shudraka is the 4,684th most popular writer, the 589th most popular biography from India and the 89th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Little Clay Cart
2009
The heavenly exploits
Drama, Pimps, Sex customs
2005
Clay Toy-Cart
Indo-iranian philology
2018
The Little Clay Cart / a Hindu drama attributed to King Shudraka / translated from the original sanskrit by Arthur William Ryder / adapted for the occidental stage by Agnes Morgan / version as produced at the Neighborhood Playhouse for the National Theatre Conference
1934

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shudraka ranks 4,684 out of 7,302. Before him are Tobias Wolff, Samo Chalupka, Gillian Rubinstein, Jean Vautrin, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, and Sultan Bahu. After him are Yoko Tawada, Louis Bromfield, Sakutarō Hagiwara, François Tristan l'Hermite, Aleksandrs Čaks, and FM-2030.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Shudraka ranks 60. Before him are Arnobius the Younger, Godomar I, Marcellinus, Marcus, Borzuya, and John of Cappadocia. After him are Oisc of Kent, Wehha of East Anglia, Mihirakula, Iakob Tsurtaveli, Eormenric of Kent, and Octa of Kent. Among people deceased in 500, Shudraka ranks 21. Before him are Nemesius, Respendial, Caradoc, Coelius Sedulius, Leontia Porphyrogenita, and Severus Sanctus Endelechius. After him is John I of Antioch.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shudraka ranks 589 out of 1,861. Before him are Kajal Aggarwal (1985), Cerverí de Girona (1259), Baji Rao II (1775), Sanjay Dutt (1959), Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924), and BP Koirala (1914). After him are George Fernandes (1930), Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Gopinath Bordoloi (1890), and Kamal Haasan (1954).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Shudraka ranks 89. Before him are Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Yashpal (1903), Hasrat Mohani (1875), Kamala Surayya (1934), Jayakanthan (1934), and Cerverí de Girona (1259). After him are Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890), Kedarnath Singh (1934), and Swarnakumari Devi (1855).

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