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"Kalila wa Dimna (Kalila and Dimna) is a collection of some of the most popular stories ever told. The animal fables were adapted from Middle Persian to Arabic by Ibn al-Muqaffaʹ in the city of Basra, Iraq, in the eighth century. The tales originated in India more than two thousand years ago; they were written in Sanskrit and called The Panchatantra (Five chapters)"--Page 11.

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