Q. The author of Mushakavamsa

A
Kalhana
B
Atula
C
Kalidasa
D
Vishakadatta
Solution:
  • Athula (IAST: Atula) was a Sanskrit-language poet from the Mushika Kingdom in present-day Kerala, India.

  • He composed the Mushika-vamsa, a mahakavya (epic poem) on the ruling dynasty of the kingdom.

  • It deals with 115 kings of the Mushikavamsa from the first Mushika, Ramaghatamushika to Srikandan.

  • History and legend are intertwined in this.

  • In the last sargam – the poet describes his contemporary Srikandan or Kandankarivarman.

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