[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s6.t3.77 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.77 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.77 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.77) The scanty fragments, which are all that is left of his Śāriputra-Prakaraṇa show us that as a dramatist too, Aśvaghoṣa was a worthy predecessor of Kālidāsa.³ This drama treats of the conversion of Śāriputra and his friend Maudgalyāyana, which is already related in one of the most beautiful stories in the Mahāvagga of the Vinayapiṭaka.¹ - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.76) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.78) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3) ## Cites (1) - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.77) · Pramāṇa