Multiple choice general knowledge

The play/book 'Shakuntala' was written by:

  1. Maithili Sharan Gupt

  2. Swami Dayanand

  3. Kalidas

  4. Tulsidas
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Explanation

'Shakuntala' is a renowned Sanskrit play by Kalidas (4th-5th century CE), part of his Abhijnanasakuntalam. It tells the love story of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala. Maithili Sharan Gupt and Swami Dayanand are later writers, while Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas.

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