The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal
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The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal is a popular Indian folklore with a long history and many variants. The earliest record of the folklore was included in the Panchatantra, which dates the story between 200 BCE and 300 CE.
Mary Frere included a version in her 1868 collection of Indian folktales, Old Deccan Days,[1] the first collection of Indian folktales in English.[2] A version was also included in Joseph Jacobs' collection Indian Fairy Tales.[3]