SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

INDIAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Kalidasa was a classical ____ writer.
A
Sanskrit
B
Tamil
C
English
D
Hindi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kālidāsa (fl. 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India’s greatest poet and playwright. His plays and poetry are primarily based on the Vedas, the Rāmāyaṇa, the Mahābhārata and the Purāṇas. His surviving works consist of three plays, two epic poems and two shorter poems.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation :Kalidasa was a Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language. His master-piece was the Sanskrit drama Shakuntala. It is considered one among the ‘hundred best books of the world’. He wrote two other plays-the Malavikagnimitra and Vikramorvasiya.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kalidas was a great poet and playwright, who lived during the reign of Vikramaditya. He penned many plays, poetries, epics etc in Sanskrit which were translated to many different languages and are widely appreciated to this day. This is why he’s often referred to as the ‘Shakespeare of India’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mrichchakatikam is not written by Kalidasa.

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