🏛️ History & Art-CultureUPSC 2021Gupta Period

With reference to the history of ancient India, Bha- vabhuti, Hastimalla and Kshemeshvara were famous:

aJain monks
bPlaywrights
cTemple architects
dPhilosophers
✓ Correct answer: b) Playwrights
ExplanationAncient and medieval Indian playwrights and dramatists, like Bhasa, Kalidasa, and Bhavabhuti, created masterpieces that blended poetry, philosophy, and performance.Bhavabhūti was an 8th-century scholar of India noted for his plays and poetry, written in Sanskrit.He is known as "Poet of Karun Rasa" for his work named as Uttararamacharita.His written plays include Mahavircharitra and Malatimadhava.Hastimalla was a Kannada poet and playwright during Hoysalas' reign.He wrote 8 plays including 'VikrantKaurava' and 'Subhadra Harana'Kshemeshvara was an 11th-century Sanskrit poet from Kashmir in India.One of the important works attributed to him is the Dasavatar Charita.64

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