Vasavadatta

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''Vasavadatta'' (, ) is a classical Sanskrit romantic tale (''akhyayika'') written in an ornate style by Subandhu, whose time period isn't precisely known. He is generally taken to have written the work in the second quarter of the seventh century. However, scholar Maan Singh has stated that he was a courtier of the Gupta emperors Kumaragupta I (414-455) and Skandagupta (455-467), dating him between 385 and 465 AD.

The work's style has been described as "developed, elaborate, ornate and pedantic" and has influenced later prose writers. The ''Kanchanadarpana'' of Sivarama Tripathin (18th century) and the ''Tattvadipini'' of Jagaddhara are two significant works of criticism and commentary on the ''Vasavadatta.''

Vasavadatta is one of the earliest known texts that mention Chaturanga, the earliest known precursor to Chess.

Louis Herbert Gray first translated ''Vasavadatta'' into English, which was published by the Columbia University Press in 1913 as the eighth volume of the 13 volume ''Columbia University Indo-Iranian Series'' in between 1901–32 and edited by A. V. Williams Jackson. Harinath De completed an English translation in 1908, but it was not published until 1994 (Sanskrit College, Calcutta). Provided by Wikipedia