GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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INDIAN HISTORY

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Who wrote Panchatantra?
A
Kalidas
B
Vishnu Sharma
C
Chanakya
D
Nagarjun
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Vishnu Sharma (Sanskrit: / ) was an Indian scholar and author who wrote the Panchatantra, a collection of fables.

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: -Kauṭilya is presumably the name of the author’s gotra (clan). One of the earliest Sanskrit literatures to identify Chanakya with Vishnugupta explicitly was the Panchatantra.

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