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¹ On the date and locale of Kâlidâsa, see Macdonell, History of Sanskrit Literature, pp. 323—25; Keith, Classical Sanskrit Literature, pp. 31-32, Sanskrit Drama, pp. 143-47, also J.R.A.S., 1909, pp. 433 et, seq. Vikramâditya, the traditional patron of Kâlidâsa, is identified with Candragupta II by R. G. Bhandarkar (J. B. B. R. A. S., XX, p. 399) and with Skandagupta by D. R. Bhandarkar (Annals of the Bhandarkar Institute, 1926-27, Vol. VIII, Part II, pp. 200-204). Hoernle, J. R. A. S., 1909, pp. 108 et seq., and H. P. Śâstrî, J. B. O. R. S., 1916, p. 391, argue that Kâlidâsa was a contemporary of Yaśodharman. R. D. Banerji, Journal of the Mythic Society, X, pp. 75-96, 364-71; K. G. Shankar (altering his former opinion), Indian Historical Quarterly, I, pp. 309-16; K. Caṭṭopâdhyâya, Allâhâbâd University Studies, II, 1926, pp. 79-170, argue for the first century B.C. On the subject see also K. B. Pathak, J. B. B. R. A. S., XIX, pp. 39 et seq., Ind. Ant., 1912, pp. 266-67; K. G. Shankar, Journal of the Mythic Society, VIII, pp. 278-92, IX, pp. 17-56; Annals of the Bhandarkar Institute, II, pp. 189-91; Ind. Ant., LI, pp. 192-98; J. B. O. R. S., 1920, p. 327; H. P. Śâstrî, J. B. O. R. S., 1915, pp. 197 et seq.