superiority, and immolated himself aged 110 years, after crowning his son as the new king. The prologue describes him as a distinguished wise man, who had gained knowledge of the Rigveda, the Samaveda, mathematics, the Kamashastra and the art of training elephants.

Two lost works titled Shudraka-katha (IAST: Sudraka-katha, "the story of Shudraka") are known from