Kalidas
Kalidas is one of India's greatest Sanskrit poets and dramatists. Historians and scholars believe that he may have written around the middle of the 4th and 5th centuries A.D, during the reigns of Chandragupta Vikramaditya, and his successor, Kumaaragupta. He is considered one of the nine gems of Vikramaditya's court in Ujjain. However, not much is known about his personal life and background, though there are several legends and tales about his life.Three famous plays attributed to Kalidas are Malavikaagnimitra (or Malavikaa and Agnimitra), Vikramorvashiiya, and Abhigyaanashaakuntala. This last one is his most famous play, and is the first to have been translated into English, and then German.
Kalidas is also known for his famous poems. His two famous epic poems are Kumaarasambhava and Raghuvamsha, and two famous lyric poems are Meghaduuta (Cloud Messenger) and Ritusamhaara.
