Which of the following books is not written by Kalidas?

The correct answer is Option (4) → Mrichchhakatikam

Mrichchhakatikam (“The Little Clay Cart”) is a Sanskrit play by Shudraka, about the poor Brahmin Charudatta and the courtesan Vasantasena; Kalidasa did not write it.

Kalidasa, the great Sanskrit poet and dramatist linked with the Gupta age, wrote the other three:

• Raghuvamsham — an epic poem on the kings of the Raghu dynasty

• Kumarasambhavam — an epic poem on the birth of Kumara (Kartikeya)

• Meghadutam — a lyric poem in which an exiled yaksha sends a message through a cloud