Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 9788184824988 |
ISBN-13 | 9788184824988 |
No of pages | 32 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Amar Chitra Katha |
Published Date | 01 Jan 1983 |
Anant Pai popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and creator of Indian comics, in particular the Amar Chitra Katha series in 1967,
along with the India Book House publishers, and which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters.
In 1980, he launched Tinkle, a children's anthology, which was started under Rang Rekha Features, India's first comic and cartoon syndicate, that lasted till 1998, with him as the Managing Director.
Today, Amar Chitra Katha sells about three million comic books a year, in English and more than 20 Indian languages, and has sold about 100 million copies since it inception in 1967 by Anant Pai, and in 2007 was taken over by ACK Media.
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Prince Kshemankara was a kind and generous person. His younger brother, Papankara, was more suspicious by nature. Kshemankara decided to take a fleet of ships and search for riches in other lands. Papankara went along with him. During a storm their ship capsized.
Kshemankara managed to get his unconscious brother to the shore, before he too collapsed. Many months later, Papankara returned home alone and was made king. What could have happened to Kshemankara? Originally of Indian origin, the tale travelled with Buddhist monks to monasteries in Tibet. It was found by European travelers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and translated into English.