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Abhigyanashakuntalam

Shakuntala, also known as The Recognition of Shakuntala, The Sign of Shakuntala, and many other variants , is a Sanskrit play by the ancient Indian poet Kālidāsa, dramatizing the story of Shakuntala told in the epic Mahabharata. It is considered to be the best of Kālidāsa's works. Its exact date is uncertain, but Kālidāsa is often placed in the 4th century AD.


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