Bhasa is one of the predecessors of Kalidasa. Kalidasa mentions his name in the prologue of his drama Malavikagnimitram as an established and popular dramatist. Bhasa is known to have written a number of dramas. However, till recently, Bhasa was only a name and his plays were lost. The works on rhetorics contained some information about his works. In 1911, some manuscripts were discovered by a great scholar by name Mahamahopadhyaya Ganapati Sastrin.