A. S. Panchapakesa Ayyar (1899–1963) was an Indian novelist, dramatist, short story writer and justice.
A. S. P. Ayyar was born on 26 January 1899 at Ayilam, a village near Palghat in Kerala state to a landlord father.
[4] Ayyar had published about 27 works which include novels, plays, short stories, literary criticism, religious works, jurisprudence, travelogue, biography and an autobiography.
His first novel A Historical Romance of Ancient India (1930) tells a story of a Gupta king who resisted the Hun invaders during the 6th-century.
His novel Three Men of Destiny (1039) is a story of Alexander the Great, with two other main characters: Chandragupta Maurya and Chanakya.