Mricchakatikam is a fusion (sandhi) of two words mrit and shakatikam meaning clay and cart respectively. This is my representative text for Sanskrit Drama which became a strong genre during post vedic period especially after Bharatmuni wrote Natyashastra. Out of thousands of Sanskrit dramas written, the works of Asvaghosha, Kalidasa, Bhasha, Bhavabhuti, Harsha, Sudraka and Vishakhadatta and a few others have somehow survived and have been rediscovered.