Panchatantra

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The Panchatantra was probably written about 200 BC by the great Hindu scholar Pandit Vishnu Sharma. The Panchatantra is the oldest collection of Indian fables surving today.

The Panchatantra is broken up into 5 volumes which are:
1. Differences Between Friends
2. Union With Friends
3. Friendship Of Former Enemy Is Untrustworthy
4. Unwavering Intelligence Even During Emergencies
5. Accomplishment Of Ones Task Using Discriminative Intelligence