The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s12.101.2

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Varâhamihira, the author of the *Brihatjâtaka*, who died about 587 A.D. (*Literary Remains of Dr. Bhau Daji*, p. 108); Vararuchi (called also Kâtyâyana), the author of the *Vârttika* and the *Prâkritaprakâśa*; Ghaṭakarpara, the author of the *Yamaka Kâvya*; Dhanvantari, the author of the *Vriddha-śusruta Samhitâ*; Kshapanaka, also called Diṅnâgâchârya, a disciple of the Buddhist patriarch Vasubandhu (see Mallinâtha's commentary on *v*. 14, pt. 1 of the *Meghadûta*) and author of the *Nyâyapraveśa*; Śaṅku; and Betâlabhaṭṭa, the chronicler. They were called the "nine gems" of the court of Vikramâditya (Dr. Bhau Daji's *Sanskrit Poet Kâlidâsa* in R. Ghosh's *Literary Remains of Dr. Bhau Daji*; *Jyotirvidâbharaṇa*, ch. 22, *v*. 10). But these poets lived at different periods, and Kâlidâsa lived in the last decade of the reign of Kumâra Gûpta (about 445 A.D.) and he died a few years after the death of Skanda Gupta (*JRAS*., 1909, pp. 731-39). For the history of the Sah kings from Chastana to Rudra Sah, see the *Literary Remains of Dr. Bhau Daji*, pp. 111, 112. In the seventh century A.D. at the time of Śaṅkarâchârya, Sudhanva was king of Ujjayinî; he persecuted the Buddhists and obliged them to take refuge in the countries beyond the boundaries of India (Mâdhavâchârya's *Śaṅkaravijaya*, chaps. 1 and 5). In the midst of the city stands the celebrated temple of the Mahâdeva called Mahâkâla of the Purâṇas and Kâlapriyanâtha of the drama;