Is it true that Ashvaghosha wrote in Classical Sanskrit?

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The above statement is True.
As the first Sanskrit playwright, Ashvaghosha was also a poet, philosopher, and dramatist. He was older and more well-known for his poetry than Kalidas (5th century). He was appointed court poet of monarch Kanishka and became well-known for his dramatic works. He also produced Buddhacharitha, a biography of Gautam Buddha. In Sanskrit poetry, the writing style known as kavya was also made popular with him. He belonged to a renowned group of Buddhist authors whose epics stood up to the Ramayana.

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