Kalidasa

Kalidasa was a Sanskrit poet and dramatist who lived during the 4th to 5th century CE, likely in the Gupta period under the reign of Chandragupta II, and is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. His work draws heavily on the Hindu Puranas and philosophy, and his surviving output consists of three plays, most famously Abhijnanasakuntalam, or the Recognition of Shakuntala, one of the first Sanskrit works translated into English, alongside the epic poems Kumarasambhava and Raghuvamsha and the shorter poems Meghaduta and Ritusamhara. Little is known of his life beyond what scholars infer from his own writing.