Setubandha

(“Building the Bridge”) Early medieval
poem whose theme is taken from the
epic Ramayana and describes Rama’s
invasion of Lanka by building a bridge
across the ocean straits. The poem is
written in Prakrit, an umbrella term for
the grammatically simpler vernacular
languages that developed from Sanskrit
through natural linguistic change. The
poem has been falsely ascribed to
Kalidasa, the greatest Sanskrit poet. The
true author is unknown.