Articles on Mudrarakshasa Date Debate
Surastra under the Mauryas
By Bankim Ch. Ray Chaudhuri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
The article discusses debates about Surastra's political status under the Mauryan Empire, particularly focusing on Dr. U.N. Ghoshal's critique of Dr. D.D. Raychaudhuri's interpretation. Raychaudhuri suggested Surastra was an autonomous entity under Mauryan…
Date of the Mudraraksasa
By Jarl Charpentier · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
Responding to a recent paper on the dating of the political drama Mudrārākṣasa, this note by Jarl Charpentier defends his earlier conclusion that the play was composed during the reign of Skandagupta in the late fifth century AD. Charpentier summarises…
Date of the Mudra-Raksasa
By S. Srikanta Sastri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
The debate centers on dating the Sanskrit drama *Mudraraksasa*, traditionally attributed to the Gupta period (6th century CE) rather than the 9th century. Dr. Jacobi (1883) proposed 860 CE, citing a lunar eclipse on 2 December 860, but this conflicts with the…