अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तलम्

aka Abhijñānaśākuntalam

Shakuntala

AuthorKalidasa

LanguageClassical Sanskrit

Yearc. 4th - 5th century

CountryIndia

GenreDrama / Theatre / Plays

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Abhijnanashakuntalam, also known as Shakuntala, The Recognition of Shakuntala, The Sign of Shakuntala, is a Sanskrit play by the ancient Indian poet Kalidasa, dramatizing the story of Shakuntala told in the epic Mahabharata and regarded as the best of Kalidasa's works. Its exact date is uncertain, but Kalidasa is often placed in the 4th century CE.— Wikipedia