Hitopadesa

Composed between 800 and 950 AD, Narayana''s Hitopadesa is one of the best-known of all works in Sanskrit literature. A fascinating collection of fables, maxims and sayings in verse, it combines a wide variety of writings from earlier authors in one volume - a ''garden of pleasing stories'' created to provide guidance, wisdom and political advice to the reader. With elegance and great humour, Nara...