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Question
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Who is the author of the classic stories “Panchatantra”
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Munshi Premchand
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Mahadevi Verma
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Vishnu Sharma
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Chetan Bhagat
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Panchatantra means five books. It is possibly the oldest surviving collection of Indian fables, having been written around 200BC by Pandit Vishnu Sharma, a Hindu scholar.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was the Indian Scholar named Vishnu Sharma who wrote Panchatantra after King Amarashakti asked him to educate his children and impart good governing skills to them. Sharma took this task and came up with the idea of teaching the princes through storytelling.
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