Baldev Upadhyaya (बलदेव उपाध्याय, 10 October 1899 – 10 August 1999) was a renowned Hindi, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic.
 He wrote numerous books, collections of essays and a historical outline of Sanskrit literature.
 He is noted for discussing Sanskrit literature in the Hindi language.
 Earlier books related to Sanskrit literature were often written either in Sanskrit or in English.
"The Battles of Coxinga" (Japanese: 国性爺合戦 , Hepburn: Kokusen'ya Kassen ) is a puppet play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon.
 It was his most popular play: first staged on November 26, 1715, in Osaka, it ran for the next seventeen months, far longer than the usual few weeks or months.
 Its enduring popularity can largely be attributed to its effectiveness as entertainment: its many scenes over a period of more than seven years follow the adventures of Coxinga (based on the adventures of the real historical figure Koxinga; as the play is loosely based on real history, it is a "jidaimono" play, not a domestic play) in restoring the rightful dynasty of China and features effects uniquely suited for the puppet theater, such as the villain Ri Tōten gouging out an eye (ostensibly to prove his loyalty); in addition, Donald Keene suggests that the adventures in exotic China played well in isolationist Tokugawa Japan.
 While generally not considered as great in terms of literary quality as some of Chikamatsu's domestic tragedies like "The Love Suicides at Sonezaki", it is generally agreed to be his best historical play.
Jiang Qing and Her Husbands is a Chinese historical play written by Sha Yexin in 1990.
 The play follows Jiang Qing from a young actress in the 1930s to the most powerful Chinese woman in the 1970s, focusing on her relationships with the many men in her life including Mao Zedong.
 The play draws comparisons between Jiang Qing and one of her best-known acting roles, Nora in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House".
Karnabharam or "The Anguish of Karna" (literally: "The Burden of Karna") is a Sanskrit one-act play written by the Indian dramatist Bhasa, an Indian playwright complimented even by the famous Kalidasa in the beginning of his play Malavikagnimitram .
 The play describes the mental pain of Karna on the previous day of the Kurukshetra War.
 Karnabharam is essentially the retelling of an episode of the Indian epic Mahabharata but the story is presented in a different perspective in the play.
 It is perhaps the only potential tragedy in the classic Sanskrit literature, presented in a form that comes closest to the "Vyayoga" (Sanskrit: व्यायोग) form of one-act play.
 That is so perhaps because the Natya Shastra ordains the playwrights to create plays for recreation, and essentially create happy endings .
 In Karnabharam, the tragedy does not occur on-stage (Unlike Urubhanga, a tragedy that shows Duryodhana dying - again, written by Bhasa).
 Karnabharam shows the valiant, generous, righteous Karna riding out towards the battle-ground, where his death under heart-wrenching circumstances is certain.
 The basic plot of this play is inspired by Mahabharata.
The Mudrarakshasa ("The Signet of the Minister") is a historical play in Sanskrit by Vishakhadatta that narrates the ascent of the king Chandragupta Maurya (  324 – c. 297 BCE) to power in India.
 It is dated variously from the late 4th century to the 8th century.
The Burning is a 1971 historical play, written by Stewart Conn.
 Set during the life of James VI of Scotland, the play addresses the power struggle between the King and his cousin, the Earl of Bothwell.
 It exemplifies the brutality meted out to those caught in the midst of any struggle for religious or political power, and also deals with themes of witchcraft and superstition within the context of a battle between authority and anarchy.
 Conn's play was partly inspired by, and written in answer to, Robert McLellan's four-act comedy, "Jamie the Saxt" (1936), which earlier depicted the same period and events, though with a less direct portrayal of the King's major role in the persecution of witchcraft.
PadmaShri Shri Bannanje Govindacharya, is a great and rare Sanskrit scholar, well-versed in Veda Bhashya, Upanishad Bhashya, Mahabharata, Puranas and Ramayana.
 He has written Bhashyas on Veda Suktas, Upanishats, ShataRudriya, BrahmaSutra Bhashya, Gita Bhashya and a great orator.
 He has written new Vyakarana Sutras where Panini has left and also done vyakhyana for the words written before Panini.
 He is the one who has synchronized all the philosophical texts to understand as all the texts are composed by Vedavyasa.
 He is one of the greatest exponents of Bhaagavata chintana and extracted Philosophical meanings of Bhagavata and other Puranas.
 Even though by birth he is the follower of Madhwacharya, he had studied Mayavada and other philosophies and then read Madhwacharyas Tattvavaada.
 He is a well known philosopher, Speaker in Sanskrit and Kannada.
 He has around 4000 pages of Sanskrit Vyakhyana to his name with 50 odd books and around 150 books including in other languages.
 he has written screen play for the Sanskrit film "Bhagavadgita" and Shankaracharya.
 He hails from Bannanje locality of Udupi in Karnataka, India.
 He was born in 1936.
 He is in particular one of the greatest experts on the "Madhvas Tattvavada" or Madhva philosophy.
 He is best known for his "pravachanas" or discourses which are very popular among Tuluvas and Kannadigas all over the world.
 His Speaches have covered almost all the philosophical texts amounts more than 10000 hours.
 Though his "pravachanas" (discourses) have made him a household name among Tuluvas and Kannadigas.
 He is very popular in kannanda literary world and hailed by Jnaanapeetha awardee Da.Ra.Bendre.
 He has also written on this Naaku-Tanti.
 His literary achievements also include his translation and commentaries of the complete texts of Shri Madhwacharya.
 He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009.
Jataka Bharanam is an old treatise on Hindu astrology mainly dealing with the Phalita i.e. predictive astrology.
 This Sanskrit text is believed to have been written by Dhundiraja, the commentator of Mudrarakshasa, sometime during the 15th Century A.D. Dhundiraja lived in Parthanagar near River Godavari.
 It is one of the many time honoured important Indian Classics on astrology that has been relied upon and frequently cited.
Richard III is a historical play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1592.
 It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of King Richard III of England.
 The play is grouped among the histories in the First Folio and is most often classified as such.
 Occasionally, however, as in the quarto edition, it is termed a tragedy.
 "Richard III" concludes Shakespeare's first tetralogy (also containing "Henry VI" parts 1–3).
King Christian II (Swedish: "Kung Kristian II" ), Op.
 27, is incidental music by Jean Sibelius for the Scandinavian historical play of the same name, written by his friend Adolf Paul.
 The original play deals with the love of King Christian II, ruler of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, for a Dutch girl, Dyvecke, a commoner.
 Sibelius composed in 1898 seven movements.
 He conducted the first performance of the first four parts the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki on 24 February 1898.
 In the following summer, he composed three more movements, "Nocturne", "Serenade" and "Ballad".
 The Nocturne was an interlude between the first act and the second.
 The position of the serenade changed.
 The ballad is a dramatic piece about the 1520 bloodbath which the king ordered in Stockholm.
 This movement shows already traits of the later First Symphony.
 The stage music consists of the following numbers:

Question: Which historical play in Sanskrit was written by  Dhundiraja?
Answer: Mudrarakshasa