best of them....

पुष्पेषु जाती पुरुषेषु विष्णुर्
नारीषु रंभा नगरीषु काञ्ची।
नदीषु गङ्गा नरपेषु रामः
काव्येषु माघः कवि काळिदासः॥२१
नीतिसारे


puṣpeṣu jātī puruṣeṣu viṣṇur
nārīṣu raṁbhā nagarīṣu kāñcī|
nadīṣu gaṅgā narapeṣu rāmaḥ
kāvyeṣu māghaḥ kavi kāḻidāsaḥ||21
nītisāre

This is from Neetisaram.. The traditional understanding of the superiority of that age..
Please do not argue and fight with me saying that Shah Rukh or Salman Khan or Rajni Kanth or Aishvarya Roy or something like that is the best..
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The sloka says

Jasmine is the best among flowers..

The most manly among males is Vishnu,

and the best female is Rambhaa, one of the four nymphs of Indras court.

The most famous city is Kanchi or Kancheepuram..

Ganga is the first among rivers..

And among Emperors, the greatest is Lord Rama..

Among the great poetic works of Sanskrit, Magha Kavya.. Shishupalavadham is called Maagham after its celebrated author Kavi Magha..

And the sloka just mentions Kalidasa as THE POET ... Perhaps no one to compare with the greatness of that master could be found..

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जाती पुष्पेषु श्लाघ्यतमा भवति -------among the flowers Jaati is the best (Jaati..Royal jasmine, Catalonian jasmine, among others (chameli in Hindi) is a species of jasmine native to South Asia. In India,)

विष्णुः पुरुषेषु श्लाघ्यतमो भवति ------ Vishnu is the best among men

रम्भा नारीषु श्लाघ्यतमा भवति------ Rambhaa the nymph is the most attractive among the females

काञ्ची नगरीषु श्लाघ्यतमा भवति----- Kanchi is the best among towns

गङ्गा नदीषु श्लाघ्यतमा भवति ------ Ganga is the greatest among rivers

रामःनरपेषु श्लाघ्यतमो भवति-------- Of all the rulers of men Rama is the most respected one

माघः काव्येषु श्लाघ्यतमो भवति -------- Among Kavyams (poetic works) Maagha ( Shishupalavadham of poet Magha is the most acclaimed one)

काळिदासःकवि --------- And there is only one Poet without comparison.. Kalidasa