Question

One of the earliest modern plays in this language, which translates as “City of Darkness,” describes a foolish king being fooled into hanging himself by a holy man and his two disciples. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this language used for the 2022 International Booker-winning novel Tomb of Sand, which details the journey of the 80-year-old Ma.
ANSWER: Hindi
[10h] Modern Hindi plays were greatly influenced by earlier Sanskrit plays, like a play about this character from the Puranas who affirms her love through a message on a birch leaf.
ANSWER: Urvasi
[10e] Bengali literature has gained widespread international recognition due to the reputation of this Nobel Prize-winning author of the play The Post Office and the poetry collection Gitanjali.
ANSWER: Rabindranath Tagore [or Rabindranath Thakur]

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