Question

Vishakhadatta wrote_____.
A)Mudra Rakshasa
B)Mrichchakatikam
C)Meghdoota
D)Raghuvamsha

Answer 1

Hint: 1)Vishakhadutt wrote majorly political plays which reflected the life of the king and his kingdom.
2)He was a sanskrit scholar

Complete answer:
Vishakhadatta was one of the famous Sanskrit scholars and play writers after Kalidas. He wrote magnum opus two famous plays, Mudrarakshasa and the Devichandraguptam. In these books, he used the Sanskrit language with beautiful words to describe characters. Such were his works that we still admire the themes of the books at present. Mudrarakshasa is a political play that still amuse the readers.

Mudrarakshasa literally means a demon wearing the Ring. According to the characters of his father and grandfather in the play , they indicated that he ,Vishakhadatta came from a princely family because probably, their family had been involved in the political administration in the court of the kings or the local level.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A)

Note: Vishakhadatta was the court poet of Chandragupta II and his plays were usually based on politics which amused Chandragupta II.