CONDITION USED LIKE NEW , A Mirror for Princes from India: Illustrated Versions of the Kalilah wa Dimnah, Anvar-i Suhayli, Iyar-i Danish, and Humayun Nameh ,MARG PUBLICATION, HARDCOVER,1991

Originating in the 4th century or even earlier, the Panchatantra is a collection of fables illustrating the Indian doctrine of statecraft. The fables were translated into Pahlavi, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and practically all major languages and almost every famous museum has a few illustrated folios of these manuscripts. Depictions of the fables are also found in Central Asian wall-paintings. Indian narrative stone reliefs, and in decorative pottery. Lucid essays discussing these great manuscripts rivet the attention of the reader. Also provided are synopses of the instructive and entertaining fables which were rules of conduct to guide the princes to become benevolent rulers.

Ernst J. Grube was Curator of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Professor of Islamic Art at Columbia University, New York. He is co-editor of Islamic Art.