CLASSIC FABLES FROM INDIA

The tales of Kalila and Dimna from the Fables of Bidpai originated almost two thousand years ago in a Sanskrit collection of animal stories called the Panchatantra. The charming and humorous stories have found their way in one from or another into the folklore of every major culture and tradition. They have influenced all our fables from Aesop to La Fontaine, including Uncle Remus, The Arabian Nights, and The Canterbury Tales.