Bhasa was one of the most famous Indian playwrights in Sanskrit before Kalidasa. His name is best known as early as the 1st century BCE and dates back to the Mauryan period (322–184 BCE), although thirteen plays associated with his name are generally close to the 1st or 2nd century. , His plays were lost for centuries until the rediscovery of manuscripts by the Indian scholar Ganapati Shastri in 1913. Bhasa AD is Known only by references in other works such as Kavyamimansa from 880-920. In Kavyamimansa Rajasekhara attributed the play Swapnavasavadattam to Bhasa.
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