Daskumar Charitam was composed by-
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A. Surdas
B. Dandin
C. Tulsidas
D. Kalidas
Answer: Dandin
Option b is the correct answer.
Daskumar Charitam (The narrative of ten young men) is a prose romance in Sanskrit, attributed to Dandin. He was a renowned Sanskrit author of prose romances and expounder
on poetics. He is believed to have flourished in the seventh to eighth centuries CE. The Daskumar Charitam relates the adventures of ten princes in their pursuit of love and royal power. It contains stories of common life and reflects a faithful picture of Indian society during the period couched in the colourful style of Sanskrit prose.