GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Panchtantra is composed by
A
Vishnusharma
B
Rajyashri
C
Banabhatta
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Believed to be original author of the Panchatantra, Vishnu Sharma belonged to the Kashmir region going by the kind of animals he featured in his stories. His magnum opus, the Panchatantra was translated into Pahlavi in 570 AD, Arabic in 750 AD, and by the 16th century, appeared in German, Greek, Czech, Latin, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vishnu Sharma (Sanskrit: / ) was an Indian scholar and author who wrote the Panchatantra, a collection of fables.

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: -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-5: -The Panchatantra is a collection of folktales and fables that is thought to have been authored in Sanskrit more than 2500 years ago by the illustrious Hindu Scholar Pandit Vishnu Sharma. Despite the fact that all of the characters are from the animal kingdom, it provides insight into human behaviour.

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