Ratnavali is a famous Sanskrit drama composed in four Acts by Sri Harsha. The
play is comedy of court life, centring round the light-hearted love-intrigue of
king Udayana with a lowly maiden of unknown descent, their secret meetings
through the help of a jester and the damsel friend, the jealousy of the queen
and her anger and resentment, and finally when the maiden is discovered to be
her lost cousin.
About The Author:
Harsha, an eminent dramatist, was the king of Thaneshwar and Kanauj who reigned
from 606 to 648 A.D. and to whose court the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang paid a
visit. He was a great