BHASA
c.275 - c.335
Indian Playwright

Bhasa was the earliest known Sanskrit dramatist and the pioneer of the Sanskrit classical drama.

Bhasa based his plays on the two great Indian epics, the 'Ramyana'and the 'Mahabharata'. He greatly influenced India's greatest poet Kalidasa, who imitatad and improved upon some of Bhasa's motifs.

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