Question: identify the author of sanskrit drama abhigyan shakuntalam
Answer: Shakuntala , also known as The Recognition of Shakuntala , The Sign of Shakuntala , and many other variants ( Devanagari : अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तलम् -- Abhijñānashākuntala ) , is a Sanskrit play by the ancient Indian poet Kālidāsa , dramatizing the story of Shakuntala told in the epic Mahabharata .