Multiple choice general knowledge culture

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 famous Sanskrit play by Kalidasa (also spelled Kalidas), considered one of the greatest playwrights in classical Sanskrit literature. It tells the love story of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala, based on themes from the Mahabharata. Kalidasa wrote during the Gupta period (approx 4th-5th century CE) and his other major works include 'Meghaduta' and 'Abhijnanasakuntalam' (the more complete version of Shakuntala). Maithili Sharan Gupt and Tulsidas wrote much later in Hindi, and Swami Dayanand was a 19th-century social reformer.

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