Option a is the correct answer. Somadeva was a Sanskrit poet who composed the Kathasaritsagara ("Ocean of the Streams of Stories") in the 11th century CE. It is a collection of Indian legends, folk tales and histories. Kalidasa was a Sanskrit poet and dramatist who is considered one of the greatest writers of ancient India. He wrote several works, including Malavikagnimitra ("Malavika and Agnimitra"), a play about the love affair between King Agnimitra and a maid named Malavika Bhasa was a Sanskrit playwright who lived before Kalidasa and wrote several plays based on the epics and puranas. One of his plays is Svapnavasavadatta ("The Dream of Vasavadatta"), which tells the story of King Udayana and his queen Vasavadatta. Bilhana was a Sanskrit poet who lived in the 11th century CE and wrote several works, including Chanrapanchasika ("Fifty Stanzas of a Thief"), a love poem about his affair with Princess Yaminipurnatilaka, whom he abducted from her father's palace .