The monkeys live in a forest near a village and frequently observe the villagers engaging in various activities.
Central to these texts is the concept of Atman (the inner self) and Brahman (the ultimate reality), with stories that illustrate their interconnectedness and the path to realizing this truth.
The story of Nala and Damayanti is one of the more romantic episodes narrated in the great epic, the Mahabharata.
Bhoja, King of Malwa during the 11th Century A.D., is wll known to us as the central figure of the Vikramacharita.
This Amar Chitra Katha contains seven short stories about Gopal Bhand, the clever barber, who could be described as the "Birbal of Bengal".
The original text of the Panchatantra in Sanskrit was written about 200 BC by a great Hindi scholar.
Only Sati could fulfill Shiva's exacting demands.
In the 8th Century A.D., Bappa Rawal drove out the invaders from Rajasthan and united several small kingdoms into one.
Vishwambhar or Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as he was later known, was born at a time when a very large area of northern and eastern India had come under Muslim rule.