where did the jungle book story come from
It was inspired by the ancient Indian fable texts such as the "Panchatantra" and the "Jataka tales".
The Jungle Book
The stories in "The Jungle Book" were inspired in part by the ancient Indian fable texts such as the "Panchatantra" and the "Jataka tales".
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The Jungle Book [SEP] Origins
The stories in "The Jungle Book" were inspired in part by the ancient Indian fable texts such as the "Panchatantra" and the "Jataka tales". For example, an older moral-filled mongoose and snake version of the "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" story by Kipling is found in Book 5 of "Panchatantra". In a letter to the American author Edward Everett Hale, Kipling wrote, In a letter written and signed by Kipling in or around 1895, states Alison Flood in "The Guardian", Kipling confesses to borrowing ideas and stories in the "Jungle Book": "I am afraid that all that code in its outlines has been manufactured to meet 'the necessities of the case': though a little of it is bodily taken from (Southern) Esquimaux rules for the division of spoils," Kipling wrote in the letter.