About the author
Aditya Narayan Dhairyasheel Haksar is a well-known translator of Sanskrit classics. His translations from the Sanskrit include The Shattered Thigh and Other Plays, Tales of the Ten Princes, Hitopades?a, Simha?sana Dva?trim?s?ika, Subha?shita?vali, Kama Sutra, Three Satires from Ancient Kashmir, The Courtesan?s Keeper and The Seduction of Shiva, all published as Penguin Classics.