Panchtantra Ki Kahani Hindi

Stories for kids in Hindi

*History of Panchtantra Ki Kahani*

The Panchatantra is a collection of Sanskrit fables in prose and verse. The original version, now lost, was written around 200 BC and is attributed to Vishnu Sarma.

The Panchatantra reached its current form in the 4th-6th centuries AD. One of the most influential Sanskrit contributions to world literature, it was exported to China and South East Asia by Buddhist Monks on Pilgrimage. During KhosrauI of Persia era, his famous minister Burzoe translated Indian Panchatantra from Sanskrit into middle Persian language of Pahlavi and called it Kelileh va Demneh.

From the Persian version, it was translated to various languages including Arabic which after Muslim invasion of Persia (Iran) was the first language to be translated to from Persian. From Persian it then transmitted in the 11th century to Greece and thence to the rest of Europe. But it was a 12th century Hebrew translation that became the source of most European versions.