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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. Col. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shudraka is the 3,516th most popular writer (up from 4,684th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from India (up from 589th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shudraka ranks 3,516 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard Hakluyt, Liza Marklund, Jakob Hurt, Anthony Horowitz, Kálmán Mikszáth, and Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo. After him are Max Gallo, Roger Vailland, John Flanagan, Fanny Crosby, Mahmoud Shabestari, and Évariste de Parny.

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Among people born in 500, Shudraka ranks 51. Before him are Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man, Eutharic, Amalaberga, Godomar I, Remismund, and Skandagupta. After him are Oisc of Kent, Peter the Patrician, Marcia Euphemia, Sittas, Arator, and Illus. Among people deceased in 500, Shudraka ranks 18. Before him are Asclepigenia, Calcidius, Leontia Porphyrogenita, John I of Antioch, Nemesius, and Coelius Sedulius. After him are Respendial, Caradoc, Severus Sanctus Endelechius, and Faustus of Byzantium.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shudraka ranks 476 out of 1,861. Before him are Rajesh Khanna (1942), Skandagupta (500), Orde Wingate (1903), Baba Amte (1914), Bahubali (null), and Rani Padmini (null). After him are Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Charles Gmelin (1872), Zakir Hussain (1951), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), and Shashi Kapoor (1938).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Shudraka ranks 55. Before him are Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897), M. Karunanidhi (1924), Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), D. R. Bendre (1896), Bhavabhuti (null), and Ravindra Prabhat (1969). After him are Shibli Nomani (1857), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894), Sumitranandan Pant (1900), Cerverí de Girona (1259), and Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904).

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