Kalidasa (Kālidāsa)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: The most celebrated poet and dramatist of the “classical” period of Sanskrit

Long Description: The most celebrated poet and dramatist of the “classical” period of Sanskrit. Among his works plays — Abhijnana-Sakuntalam, Vikramorvaśīyam and Mālavikāgnimitram; long poems:Raghuvansam, Kumārasarhbliavam, Meghadūtam and Rtusamhāram(?). We still do not know for sure when he flourished — some historians believe that he belonged to the 1st century B.C.