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During whose reign did the great Sanskrit poet Kalidasa flourish?

  1. Chandra Gupta II

  2. Ashoka

  3. Samudra Gupta

  4. Chandra Gupta Maurya
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Kalidasa, one of India's greatest Sanskrit poets and playwrights, flourished during the reign of Chandra Gupta II (also known as Vikramaditya) of the Gupta Empire. This period (4th-5th century CE) is considered the Golden Age of Sanskrit literature. Samudra Gupta was his predecessor, Chandra Gupta Maurya belonged to an earlier dynasty (Mauryan), and Ashoka ruled the Mauryan Empire centuries before Kalidasa.

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