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³ According to the *Kāvya Mīmāṁsā* (3rd ed., GOS, pp. xv, xxxii, 19) a "*Kavirāja* is one stage further than a *Mahākavi*, and is defined as one who is unrestrained in various languages, various sorts of poetical compositions and various sentiments." For the intellectual activities of the Gupta Age see Bhandarkar, "*A Peep into the Early History of India*," pp. 61-74 and Bühler, *IA*, 1913. The son and successor of Samudra Gupta had the title *Rūpakṛti*, 'maker of plays'.