Posted: April 14th, 2015

Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection

Write an essay on Kalidasa’s innovations/inventions in his play ‘Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection,’ elaborating on the following factors:
(a) Sanskrit classical tradition,
(b) codification of gender roles,
(c) society and polity (hermitage/kingdom, role of the king etc.),
(d) Compare Kalidasa’s play and the narrative in the Mahabharata, based on the above themes.

Since it is a research paper, you can use the references. Please provide website links that you use as a reference.