ID: 901001604 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001604	Record Type: Literature

	Raghuvamsha (mahakavya (poem), Kalidasa, 5th century)

Note: Sanskrit mahakavya (epic poem) traditionally by the most celebrated Sanskrit poet, Kalidasa. Comprises 19 sargas (cantos) telling stories related to the Raghu dynasty.

Display Date: 5th century

Names:

	Raghuvamsha (mahakavya (poem), Kalidasa, 5th century) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Raghuvaṃśa (mahakavya (poem), Kalidasa, 5th century) (English,U,N)
	रघुवंश (mahakavya (poem), Kalidasa, 5th century) (Sanskrit,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Poetry> (P)
		............Raghuvamsha (mahakavya (poem), Kalidasa, 5th century) (I)

Other Relationships:

	culture/religion is .... Indian (South Asian)
	.....(South Asian, Asian, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... epic literature
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	author is .... Kalidasa (Indian epic poet, dramatist, flourished 5th Century CE)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	role/characteristic is .... mahakavya
	.....(poems by form, poems, poetry and poems, genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	language is .... Sanskrit (language)
	.....(temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems, languages and writing systems by specific type, languages and writing systems, language-related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Raghuvamsha (mahakavya (poem), Kalidasa, 5th century)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Raghuvaṃśa (mahakavya (poem), Kalidasa, 5th century)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	रघुवंश (mahakavya (poem), Kalidasa, 5th century)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghuva%E1%B9%83%C5%9Ba

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)