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Kālidāsa

400 - 420

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Kālidāsa (Sanskrit: कालिदास, "Servant of Kali"; 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. His plays and poetry are primarily based on Hindu Puranas and philosophy. His surviving works consist of three plays, two epic poems and two shorter poems. Much about his life is unknown except what can be inferred from his poetry and plays. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kālidāsa is the 85th most popular writer (up from 252nd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from India (up from 25th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Writer.

Kālidāsa is most famous for his epic poem, the "Kālidāsa's Kumarasambhava," which tells the story of the birth of the god Kumara.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kālidāsa ranks 85 out of 7,302. Before him are George R. R. Martin, Lord Byron, Nikolai Gogol, D. H. Lawrence, Daniel Defoe, and Abu Nuwas. After him are Maxim Gorky, Du Fu, Pablo Neruda, George Bernard Shaw, Maurice Maeterlinck, and Kurt Vonnegut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400, Kālidāsa ranks 1. After him are Pope Celestine I, Pope Zosimus, Saint Ursula, Merovech, Constantine III, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vasubandhu, Olybrius, Ermanaric, Alexius of Rome, and Yazdegerd I. Among people deceased in 420, Kālidāsa ranks 1. After him are Jerome, Orosius, Pelagius, Porphyry of Gaza, Sulpicius Severus, Eunapius, Jeonji of Baekje, Shapur IV, and Castinus.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kālidāsa ranks 10 out of 1,861. Before him are Mumtaz Mahal (1593), George Orwell (1903), Ashoka (-304), Rajneesh (1931), Rabindranath Tagore (1861), and Swami Vivekananda (1863). After him are Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), Ramakrishna (1836), Pratibha Patil (1934), Mahavira (-599), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), and Amitabh Bachchan (1942).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Kālidāsa ranks 3. Before him are George Orwell (1903), and Rabindranath Tagore (1861). After him are Rudyard Kipling (1865), Valmiki (-80), Jaggi Vasudev (1957), Salman Rushdie (1947), Ghalib (1797), Jim Corbett (1875), Tulsidas (1532), Savitribai Phule (1831), and William Makepeace Thackeray (1811).

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