GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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INDIAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
‘Panchatantra’ is originally written by ____
A
Kalidas
B
Vishnu Sharma
C
Tulsi Das
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The text’s author is unknown, but it has been attributed to Vishnu Sharma in some recensions and Vasubhaga in others, both of which may be fictitious pen names. It is likely a Hindu text, and based on older oral traditions with “animal fables that are as old as we are able to imagine".

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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vishnu Sharman also known as Vishnu Sharma (Sanskrit: ) was an Indian scholar and author who is believed to have written the Panchatantra collection of fables. [The exact period of the composition of the Panchatantra is uncertain, and estimates vary from 1200 BCE to 300 CE.

Detailed explanation-4: -The text’s author is unknown, but it has been attributed to Vishnu Sharma in some recensions and Vasubhaga in others, both of which may be fictitious pen names. It is likely a Hindu text, and based on older oral traditions with “animal fables that are as old as we are able to imagine".

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