Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t17.14
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t17.14
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His three plays unearthed in Turfan, Xinjiang in the early 20ᵗʰ century CE, are the earliest extant ones in Sanskrit. The nine-act ‘*Sariputraprakaran*’ describes the conversion of Buddha’s two disciples, Sariputta and Maudgalyayana. Though incomplete, it is yet a standard and mature Sanskrit drama in terms of characters, language and structure.