Kalidasa, the greatest poetcumdramatist India has ever produced, was one of the 'Nine Gems' who were cherished by King Vikramaditya of Ujjain. A great love of life and an enduring passion for nature's entrancing beauties are the happiest features of his writings. Here, in this book, is a faithful rendering of the great dramatist's Shakuntala, Vikramorvasie, The Raghuvansa and Meghdoot in eminently readable story form, written in a lucid, vivid, lively and captivating language.