Answer: Option A
Answer: (a)
The Panchatantra was written during the Maurya period.
The original Sanskrit work, which some scholars believe was composed in the 3rd century BCE, is attributed to Vishnu Sharma. It is based on older oral traditions, including “animal fables that are as old as we are able to imagine”.
It is “certainly the most frequently translated literary product of India”, and these stories are among the most widely known in the world.