Time Travelers' Trivia : Test Your History Knowledge #2 - Page 4

Ok so the oldest found Ramayana manuscript is of a Ramayana which was not even known to us for centuries

Dating to 6th century this manuscript was found accidentally when a group of researchers while looking for Vanhi Purana manuscripts in Kolkata Sanskrit Sahitya

They suddenly realised that the remaining pages in the book wasn't of Vahni Purana but a Ramayana which wasn't known till then.

It has only 5 kandas(no Bala Kand and Uttar Kand) and considers Ram Sita as Lakshmi and Narayan and states that Shukracharya cursed Lakshmi as Narayana killed his wife...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/6th-century-ramayana-found-in-kolkata-stuns-scholars/articleshow/50227724.cms

Earlier Tamil Kadamba Ramayana was considered to be second oldest Ramayana after Valmiki however this now we know preceeds the Kadamba Ramayana by at least half a millenium

Comparatively later discovery hence not known by many...

I think no one could answer this correctly

Ratnavalli a famous one act play of ancient India is a sequel(in today's words) to which famous play by which other writer...

P.S. the composer of the original was highly revered by Kalidasa who wondered if he could ever match the former

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

Ratnavalli a famous one act play of ancient India is a sequel(in today's words) to which famous play by which other writer...

P.S. the composer of the original was highly revered by Kalidasa who wondered if he could ever match the former

This is what i found from google ;

Svapnavasavadattam....that's the name of the prequel

Originally posted by: CID-fan-394

This is what i found from google ;

Svapnavasavadattam....that's the name of the prequel

Name the writers of both these plays

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

Ratnavalli a famous one act play of ancient India is a sequel(in today's words) to which famous play by which other writer...

P.S. the composer of the original was highly revered by Kalidasa who wondered if he could ever match the former

Ratnavalli written by Harsha (Harshavardhan) is a sequel to Bhasa's Svapnavasavadattam (story about Udayana and queen)

Already answered correctly above. I'll add context, since I went and researched it too

Ratnavali is a Sanskrit drama about Princess Ratnavali, daughter of Vikramabahu of Simhala. The play has been credited as the work of a master playwright, the 7th-century poet-king Harshavardhana of Kanauj. It is the story of a young princess Ratnavali, who gets shipwrecked on the way to her wedding and how she finds love in the end.

It is a tribute/continuation/sequel to Svapnavasavadattam, a Sanskrit play by Bhasa, an ancient Indian poet, which revolves around the sorrow of Udayana for his queen Vasavadatta, believed by him to have perished in a fire, which was actually a rumour spread by Yaugandharayana, a minister of Udayana to compel his king to marry Padmavati, the daughter of the king of Magadha.

The above is an official sequel to Pratijnayaugandharayana, a Sanskrit play by Bhasa. This is also the oldest political play of India. While out on a hunting trip, Prince Udayana is tricked into being captured by his enemy, King Pradyota. Pradyota's daughter, Vasavadatta, takes music lessons from the captured prince, and they fall in love. Yaugandharayana, Udayana's minister, helps them and Udayana elopes with Vasavadatta. These plays were written by Bhāsa on the account of Udayana, king of Vatsa (Kaushambi).

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

Ratnavalli a famous one act play of ancient India is a sequel(in today's words) to which famous play by which other writer...

P.S. the composer of the original was highly revered by Kalidasa who wondered if he could ever match the former

"Ratnavali," a famous one-act play of ancient India, is considered a sequel to "Swapnavasavadattam" written by the renowned playwright Bhasa. Bhasa was highly revered by Kalidasa, who is often quoted as wondering if he could ever match the genius of Bhasa.

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

Name the writers of both these plays

Bhasa and Sri Harsha

That's what google is saying

So finally all of you have answered it correctly

Ratnavalli by Harsha Vardhan is a sequel to Swapnvasamdutta by Bhasa the renowned Sanskrit play writer whom Kalidasa admired

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So the winners for this series of questions are Bhavna and Tinkerbell both having answered two questions correctly