History & Civics
This is the painting of a scene from a drama written during the Gupta Age.
(a) Can you name this great playwright?
(b) Whose patronage did he enjoy?
(c) What were his other contributions to Sanskrit literature?
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(a) Kalidasa.
(b) Kalidasa enjoyed the patronage of Chandragupta II or Vikramaditya.
(c) Some of the other contributions of Kalidasa to Sanskrit literature are the lyrical poem Meghaduta and plays like Malavikagnimitram, Vikramorvasiyam.
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