Abhigyanashakuntalam
A classic of antiquity. Written AD 400*, in Sanskrit
* An approximate date: when this work was composed or first set down isn’t known exactly.
Abhijnanashakuntalam, also known as Shakuntala, The Recognition of Shakuntala, The Sign of Shakuntala, is a Sanskrit play by the ancient Indian poet Kalidasa, dramatising the story of Shakuntala told in the epic Mahabharata and regarded as the best of Kalidasa's works. Its exact date is uncertain, but Kalidasa is often placed in the 4th century CE.
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Where it is set
- Hastinapur
India
While Kaṇva and the other elders of the hermitage are away on a pilgrimage, Duṣyanta, king of Hastināpura, comes hunting in the forest. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
