Question

Match the following.

• A. Sanskrit
• B. Stories on Buddha
• C. Shiva and Vishnu
• D. Storytelling

Answer 1

The stories used to be written in Sanskrit which the common people did not know. So there were storytellers who used to tell it to the people in their local languages. They used to sing songs and narrate these stories. This art form was called Harikatha. The Jatakas are a collection of stories of Buddha. The Puranas are a collection of stories of Shiva and Vishnu.