Kalidasa was the court poet of ____.

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Kalidasa was the court poet of Chandragupta II. Apart from Kalidasa, there were other poets in the court of Chandragupta II, and combining all of them was known as the 9 jewels. The lifestyle of ordinary people was known from various accounts of Kalidasa. One such account was his famous play known as Abhigyan Shakuntalam. Abhigyan Shakuntalam was a story of the love between a woman named Shakuntala and a king called Dushyanta. In this play, Kalidasa mentions that Dushyanta gave a golden ring to Shakuntala, which she accidentally lost in the river. However, an honest fisherman found that ring in a fish, which was swallowed by it.

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