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Question
______ was one of Vikramaditya’s nine gems.
Options
Kalidasa
Vagbhata
Aryabhata
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Solution
Kalidasa was one of Vikramaditya’s nine gems.
Explanation:
Kalidasa was one of the nine gems (Navaratnas) in the court of King Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) of the Gupta Empire. He was a great Sanskrit poet and dramatist, known for his works like Abhijnana Shakuntalam, Meghaduta, and Raghuvamsa.
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