Question

Which of these literary works is not created by Kalidasa?

• A. Malavikagnimitram
• B. Vikramorvasiyam
• C. Raghuvamsa
• D. Mudrarakshasa

Answer 1

The correct option is D Mudrarakshasa

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Vishakhadatta wrote Sanskrit dramas like Mudrarakshasa and Devichandraguptam.

Kalidasa, (flourished 5th century CE, India), Sanskrit poet and dramatist, probably the greatest Indian writer of any epoch. The six works identified as genuine are the dramas Abhijnanashakuntala (“The Recognition of Shakuntala”), Vikramorvashiyam (“Urvashi Won by Valour”), and Malavikagnimitram (“Malavika and Agnimitra”); the epic poems Raghuvamsha (“Dynasty of Raghu”) and Kumarasambhava (“Birth of the War God”); and the lyric “Meghaduta” (“Cloud Messenger”).