With reference to the history of ancient India, Bhavabhuti, Hastimalla and Kshemeshvara were famous.

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Bhavabhuti, a major dramatist of the later Sanskrit dramatic period, was the court poet of King Yashovarman of Kannauj, in north India in the 8th CE. He too wrote plays based on the Ramayana, such as:Mahaviracharita (Exploits of a Great Hero), which depicts the early life of Rama.Uttaramcharita (The Latter History of Rama), which shows the final years of Rama’s life as written in the Uttara Kanda of the Ramayana.Both the plays consist of seven acts written in the Nataka style. His third drama, Malatimadhava (Malati and Madhava), is a Prakarana play centered on the love story of Malati, the daughter of a minister, and Madhavya, her beloved.Hastimalla is a Kannada poet and playwright during the reign of the Hoysalas.