This is a list of those who have authored Sanskrit-language plays or dramatic works, in roughly chronological order.

Aśvaghoṣa Śāriputraprakaraṇa Bhāsa Svapnavāsavadattā Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa Cārudatta Ūrubhaṅga Karnabhāra Pañcarātra Dūtavākya Dūtaghaṭotkaca Madhyamavyāyoga Abhiṣekanāṭaka Bālacarita Avimāraka Pratimānāṭaka Śūdraka Mṛcchakaṭikā Vīṇāvāsavadattā Padmaprābhṛtaka Candragomin Lokānanda Kālidāsa Abhijñānaśākuntala Vikramorvaśīya Mālavikāgnimitra Viśākhadatta Mudrārākṣasa Devīcandragupta Abhisārikāvañcitaka Rāghavānanda Harṣavardhana Ratnāvalī Priyadarśikā Nāgānanda Mahendravikrama Pallava Mattavilāsaprahasana Vararuci Ubhayābhisārikā Śyāmilaka Pādatāḍitaka Śaktibhadra Āścaryacūḍāmaṇi Jayantabhaṭṭa Āgamaḍambara Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa Veṇīsaṃhāra Bhavabhūti Mālatīmādhava Mahāvīracarita Uttararāmacarita Yaśovarman Rāmābhyudaya Murāri Anargharāghava Rājaśekhara Bālarāmāyaṇa Bālabhārata Viddhaśālabhañjikā Pracanḍapāṇḍava

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