Abhijnanashakuntalam, usually called Shakuntala, is a Sanskrit play by the poet Kalidasa and is widely regarded as his best work. It dramatises the story from the Mahabharata of Shakuntala, a woman raised in a forest hermitage, and King Dushyanta, who marries her and then forgets her after a curse. The plot turns on a ring he had given her, which is lost and later found by a fisherman, and on the moment the king's memory returns, which gives the play its title, the recognition of Shakuntala. Its date is uncertain, but Kalidasa is often placed in the 4th century CE. The play shows the Indian dramatic tradition at its most refined, combining romance, courtly life and spiritual themes.

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