{"id":2517,"date":"2025-05-03T03:33:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T22:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2025-05-03T03:33:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T22:03:25","slug":"q-which-one-of-the-following-books-of-ancient-india-has-the-love-story-of-the-son-of-the-founder-of-sunga-dynasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-which-one-of-the-following-books-of-ancient-india-has-the-love-story-of-the-son-of-the-founder-of-sunga-dynasty","title":{"rendered":"Q. Which one of the following books of ancient India has the love story of the son of the founder of Sunga dynasty?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Swapnavasavadatta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malavikagnimitra<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meghadoota<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ratnavali<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(b) Malavikagnimitra<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6814820a7527e\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Malavikagnimitra<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is the Sanskrit play written by\u00a0<strong>Kalidasa<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0the 5th-century CE.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It narrates\u00a0the love story of King Agnimitra, the\u00a0<strong>Shunga Emperor at Vidisha.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Agnimitra was the son of\u00a0Pushyamitra Shunga<\/strong>,\u00a0founder of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/sunga-dynasty-upsc\/\">Sunga dynasty<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kalidasa is the most distinguished dramatist and he\u00a0treated\u00a0the rasa of love in all its possible manifestations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Svapnavasavadattam<\/strong>\u00a0is a Sanskrit play of\u00a0six acts written\u00a0<strong>by Bhasa.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The plot of the drama is drawn from the romantic narratives about the\u00a0<strong>kaushambi king Udayana and Vasavadatta, the daughter of Pradyota, the ruler of Avanti<\/strong>, which were current in the poet\u2019s time and which seem to have captivated popular imagination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>main theme of the drama is the sorrow of Udayana for his queen Vasavadatta<\/strong>, believed by him to have perished in a fire, which was actually a rumour spread by Yaugandharayana, a minister of Udayana to compel his king to marry Padmavati, the daughter of the king of Magadha.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It forms, in context, a\u00a0<strong>continuation<\/strong>\u00a0of his another drama,\u00a0<strong>Pratijnayaugandharayana.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Meghadoota<\/strong>\u00a0is a Sanskrit poem\u00a0<strong>by Kalidasa.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It describes\u00a0<strong>how a yak\u1e63a (or nature spirit), who had been banished by his master to a remote region for a year, asked a cloud to take a message of love to his wife<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ratnavali\u00a0<\/strong>is a Sanskrit drama about a\u00a0<strong>princess Ratnavali, and a king Udayana<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>written by\u00a0Harshvardhana.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It tells the\u00a0<strong>story of King Udayana and Princess Ratnavali,<\/strong>\u00a0whose love story unfolds amidst palace intrigues and the intervention of loyal advisors, ultimately leading to their marriage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yoga Sutras and Mahabhashya:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Patanjali,<\/strong>\u00a0a revered figure in yoga and Sanskrit grammar, is known for both the Y<strong>oga Sutras, a foundational text for yoga philosophy<\/strong>, and the\u00a0<strong>Mahabhashya, a commentary on Sanskrit grammar.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Patanjali\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0Yoga Sutras and Mahabhashya were composed in the\u00a0<strong>Shunga Empire period.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer:&nbsp;(b) Malavikagnimitra 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