How Panchatantra Travelled The World in 1500 Years || Stories of its origins and many translations

In the past 1500 years Panchatantra has influenced and shaped cultures and peoples far and wide. How did it go out of India ? Who took it with him ? And then how was it received in faraway Persian and Arabic speaking World, South East Asia, Europe, only to return back to India to Mughal Emperors and later East India Company - this video offers the glimpse of this globe-trotting piece of literature from Ancient India.

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This not-for-profit educational video is based on the information material sourced from the following suggested readings for the viewers;
1. Pancatantra, The Book of India’s Folk Wisdom by Patrick Olivelle
2. The Panchatantra (1908) by Johannes Hertel – Harvard Oriental Series Volume 11
3. The Panchatantra (1912a) by Johannes Hertel – Harvard Oriental Series Volume 12
4. The Panchatantra (1912b) by Johannes Hertel – Harvard Oriental Series Volume 13
5. The Panchatantra (1915) by Johannes Hertel – Harvard Oriental Series Volume 14
6. From The Panchatantra to La Fontaine : Migrations of Didactic Animal Illustrations from India to the West by Simona Cohen and Housni Alkhateeb Shehada
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