The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c8.s13.52

v1.c8.s13.52

A number of books were no doubt written in Sanskrit and Prākṛit on various subjects during the Vākāṭaka period, but very few of them can be definitely assigned to authors belonging to the Deccan. The Purāṇas were remodelled, the Yājñavalkya, Nārada, and Kātyāyana Smṛitis were written, and the Śabarabhāshya, the Vyāsabhāshya, the Padārthasaṃgraha, the Sāṅkhyakārikā and the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra were composed in our period, but whether the authors of any of these works were subjects of the Vākāṭaka kings we do not know. Bhāsa, Śūdraka, Viśākhadatta and Kālidāsa no doubt flourished in our period, but we have no information as to whether they were natives of the Deccan or composed their works there.