2 INTRODUCTION. -both of which contain a direct reference to the Gupta dynasty. Moreover Chandragupta II is plainly alluded to in the well-known simile :—
- ततु-प्रकाशेन विचेय-तारवा
ग्रभातकालया शशिनेव शब्वरी ।” Again allusions to Kumaragupta are to be found in passages like ‘‘इक्षुच्छाय-निषादिन्यः तस्य गोप्तर्गुणोदयम् आकुमार-कथोद्वार्त प्रणालिगोप्यो जगुर्यशः 2 Lastly, it must be remembered that there is a remarkable coincidence of details between the conquests of Samudragupta which are mentioned in the Allahabad pillar inscription which goes after his name, and the victories of Raghu which are ushered in by the famous lines erس سے
- स गुप्त-मूल-प्रत्यन्तः शुद्ध-पाणिरयान्वितः ।
षड़विध वलमादाय प्रतस्थे दिग-जिगीषया ॥”3 About the works of Kalidasa we have but little to say. The Meghaduta seems to have been his earliest work. The idea of the cloud being employed as a messenger has been imitated in German poetry by Schiller, who, in his drama () Raghuvamsham, 3-2. (2) Raghuvamsham, 4-2o. (3) Raghuvamsham, 4-26.
