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The Jataka tales are dated between 300 BC and 400 AD. Many of the stories are set in or near Benares, now called Varanasi, a city in north central India on the Ganges River. Jataka Tales were originally written in Pali language, Jataka Buddhist tales have been translated into different languages worldwide. Jataka contains more than 500 tales.The luminous fables of ‘Jataka’ are intended to impart values of self-sacrifice, morality, honesty, and other informative values to people. Jataka Tales are an essential part of Buddhist literature.