August 2020

Thematic Elements in Shudraka’s Mrichchakatika (The Little Clay Cart)

Thematic Elements in Shudraka’s Mrichchakatika (The Little Clay Cart)

Reading Time: 13 minutesIntroduction to Shudraka’s Mrichchakatika (The Little Clay Cart) Sudraka’s Mrichchakatika is among the earliest known plays of Sanskrit Literature. It is widely celebrated as one of the first plays to skip the narration from the perspective of the royals or nobles and depict the life of a common village populace. The underlying story of this

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