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The "Panchatantra" is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story. The surviving work is dated to roughly 200 BCE, based on older oral tradition. Pancha means five 'tantra' means doctrines of conduct or modes of action, namely, confidence or firmness of mind, creation of prosperity or affluence, earnest endeavour, friendship and knowledge. Panchatantra depicts nitishastra (wise conduct of life) through stories, mainly of animals, which children love to read.