The English translation, in the present edition is printed opposite to the corresponding Sanskrit text for immediate and ready reference. The topics viz. The Sanskrit drama Kalidasa s and Bhavabhuti Technical Remarks and the Time analysis of the play. From the introduction to the last edition are not included in the edition as, we feel , they are not required to be studied by the F.Y. arts students, for whom the present edition is mainly intoned. We hall now briefly consider Kalidasa s poetry, his style and diction in general. His poetic genius has brought Sanskrit poetry to the highest elegance and refinement.