Multiple choice general knowledge history

During the reign of which emperor is the poet Kalidasa accepted to have lived?

  1. Bimbisara

  2. Chandragupta Vikramaditya

  3. Ashoka

  4. Akbar
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Explanation

Kalidasa, Sanskrit literature's greatest poet, lived in the court of Chandragupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) of the Gupta Empire, approximately 380-415 CE. The Gupta period is called the Golden Age. Ashoka was Mauryan, Bimbisara was earlier, and Akbar was Mughal.

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