- Kalidas was a very great litterateur.
- He was also a Sanskrit poet and playwright.
- Kalidas has been given the title of Mahakavi.
- Kalidas was married to Vidyotama.
- He was one of the Navratnas in the court of King Vikramaditya.
- Initially, Kalidas was considered very foolish.
- Kalidasa’s famous play is Abhigyan Shakuntalam.
- Raghuvansham and Kumarasambhava are his other major compositions.
- Some people believe that he was born in Ujjain.
- As a devotee of Kali Maa, she was named Kalidas.