Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1786

c7.1786

(2) Second Century B.C. According to Dr. Kuñjan Rājā Kālidāsa lived in the second Century B.C., the reasons for the belief being as follows. The poet was a contemporary of King Agnimitra of the Śuṅga dynasty. This Agnimitra is eulogised in Kālidāsa's Mālavikāgnimitra. Agnimitra is referred to in the Bharatavākya (epilogue) of the drama also.