page_title: Vishnu Sharma
hierarchical_section_title: Vishnu Sharma
caption_attribution_description: Kelileh va Demneh. This 15th century Persian mauscript is kept at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
context_page_description: Vishnu Sharma is said to be an Indian scholar and author who is believed to have written the Panchatantra collection of fables. The exact period of the composition of the Panchatantra is uncertain, and estimates vary from 1200 BCE to 300 CE.Some scholars place him in the 3rd century BCE.
context_section_description: Vishnu Sharma (Sanskrit: विष्णुशर्मन् / विष्णुशर्मा) is said to be an Indian scholar and author who is believed to have written the Panchatantra collection of fables. The exact period of the composition of the Panchatantra is uncertain, and estimates vary from 1200 BCE to 300 CE.Some scholars place him in the 3rd century BCE.
caption: A page from Kelileh o Demneh dated 1429, from Herat, a Persian translation of the Panchatantra derived from the Arabic version – Kalila wa Dimna – depicts the manipulative jackal-vizier, Dimna, trying to lead his lion-king into war.
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