The Monkey and the Crocodile – Jataka Tales
A monkey eating a mango Crocodile's mother asked him to bring her Monkey's heart to eat, so Crocodile tried to trick Monkey and get his heart. "Hey Monkey!" he said, "Let me [...]
A monkey eating a mango Crocodile's mother asked him to bring her Monkey's heart to eat, so Crocodile tried to trick Monkey and get his heart. "Hey Monkey!" he said, "Let me [...]
Jataka tales: the Crab and the Crane (Thanks to Alan Murphy) What are Jataka tales? During the 300s BC, when the Mauryan Empire was first uniting northern India, Buddhist monks and nuns in India began to tell stories [...]
Harappan Seal One of the earliest known writing systems came from India, probably around 2500 BC. Unfortunately, nobody can read the Harappan writing yet. But we know people were using this writing to [...]
A crane in India A Buddhist story Crane was very greedy, and not very honest. He wanted to eat all the fish in his little pond, so he thought of [...]