Multiple choice

Who wrote the famous Panchatantra, a collection of moral stories during the golden age of Guptas?

  1. Harisena

  2. Amarsimha

  3. Vishnusharma

  4. Banabhatta
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Explanation

Vishnusharma (Vishnu Sharma) is traditionally credited as the author of the Panchatantra, a collection of Sanskrit fables written around 200 BCE to 300 CE. The text was composed to educate the sons of a king in statecraft and practical wisdom through animal stories with moral lessons. While the Panchatantra reached its final form during the Gupta period, Vishnusharma himself lived earlier - the question correctly links this seminal work to the Gupta golden age when it flourished.

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