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Kalidas is known as the Shakespeare of India. His name has been immortalised in the history of Sanskrit literature. He was at the head of the celebrated nine gems which adorned the court of King Vikramaditya. The poems and dramas of Kalidas have elicited unreserved praise not only from Indian Scholars but also from European critics like Maxmuller, a German. The age in which Kalidas flourished and the place where he was born are matters of dispute. But true genius is independent of time and place although the century of Kalidas is far more remote, his fame in shining with undiminished grandeur even in our own days.
Who was Maxmuller?

Explanation

Maxmuller was a German scholar and critic.