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Mrcchakatikā : The little clay cart,a drama in ten acts

Śūdraka, Revilo P. Oliver (Translator, Writer of introduction, Writer of added commentary)
The play is set in the ancient city of Ujjayini during the reign of the King Pālaka, near the end of the Pradyota dynasty that made up the first quarter of the fifth century BCE. The central story is that of a noble but impoverished young Brahmin, Sanskrit: Cārudatta, who falls in love with a wealthy courtesan or nagarvadhu, Sanskrit: Vasantasenā. Despite their mutual affection, however, the couple's lives and love are threatened when a vulgar courtier, Samsthānaka, also known as Shakara, begins to aggressively pursue Vasantasen

Print Book, English, 1938
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1938