Ancient, medieval & culture

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1. Kalidasa (court of Chandragupta II): Abhijnanashakuntalam, Malavikagnimitram (love story of Agnimitra, son of Pushyamitra Shunga), Vikramorvashiyam, Meghaduta, Raghuvamsha, Kumarasambhava
2. Bhasa (thirteen plays: Svapnavasavadatta, Madhyamavyayoga, Urubhanga, Pratijnayaugandharayana), Shudraka's Mrichchhakatika
3. Vishakhadatta: Mudrarakshasa (Chandragupta Maurya and Chanakya) and Devichandraguptam (Ramagupta and Dhruvadevi)
4. Bhavabhuti (Uttararamacharita, Malatimadhava; Yashovarman of Kanauj), Harsha (Ratnavali, Priyadarshika, Nagananda), Banabhatta (Kadambari, Harshacharita)
5. Later playwrights: Kshemeshvara (Chandakaushika), Hastimalla (Jain, Vikranta Kaurava), Rajashekhara (Karpuramanjari), Krishnamishra (Prabodhachandrodaya)
6. Mahakavya poets Bharavi, Magha, Kumaradasa; Dandin's Dashakumaracharita; Somadeva's Kathasaritsagara; Jayadeva's Gitagovinda