[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.1786 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1786 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1786 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1786](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.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. - [Previous: c7.1785](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1785) - [Next: c7.1787](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1787) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Mālavikāgnimitra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.malavikagnimitra) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1786](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1786) · Pramāṇa