| Introduction | p. ix |
| Sources, Author, and Date | p. x |
| Structure and Content | p. xiv |
| The Characters of the Pancatantra | p. xxi |
| The Political and Moral Philosophy of the Pancatantra | p. xxxi |
| Versions and Translations | p. xl |
| Note on the Translation | p. xlvi |
| Bibliography | p. xlviii |
| Guide to the Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words | p. li |
| Pancatantra | p. 1 |
| The Prelude to the Story | p. 3 |
| On Causing Dissension among Allies | p. 5 |
| The Monkey That Pulled the Wedge | p. 8 |
| The Jackal That Tried to Eat a Drum | p. 18 |
| The Adventures of an Ascetic | p. 22 |
| The Ascetic and the Rogue | p. 22 |
| How the Battling Rams Killed the Greedy Jackal | p. 22 |
| A Weaver Cuts the Nose of a Bawd | p. 23 |
| How the Crows Killed the Snake | p. 27 |
| The Crab Cuts Off the Heron's Head | p. 28 |
| The Hare That Outwitted the Lion | p. 30 |
| How the Louse Got Killed Trying to be Nice to a Bug | p. 37 |
| How the Lion's Servants Got the Camel Killed | p. 46 |
| How the Sandpiper Defeated the Ocean | p. 50 |
| The Turtle and the Geese | p. 51 |
| The Fate of Three Fish: Far-sighted, Quick-witted, and Inevitable | p. 52 |
| The Bird That Tried to Advise a Monkey | p. 60 |
| Two Friends and Betrayed Trust | p. 62 |
| How the Mongooses Ate the Heron's Chicks | p. 64 |
| The Iron-Eating Mice | p. 66 |
| On Securing Allies | p. 71 |
| The Ascetic and the Mouse | p. 81 |
| The Woman Who Traded Sesame for Sesame | p. 83 |
| How the Greedy Jackal Died Eating a Bowstring | p. 84 |
| How Citranga Got Caught in a Trap | p. 98 |
| On War and Peace: The Story of the Crows and the Owls | p. 105 |
| The Ass in a Leopard's Skin | p. 112 |
| The Owl is Elected King of Birds | p. 113 |
| The Hare Bluffs the Elephant | p. 114 |
| Partridge and Hare Take their Case to the Cat | p. 118 |
| How the Rogues Tricked the Brahmin | p. 122 |
| The Old Merchant and his Young Wife | p. 126 |
| The Thief, the Orge, and the Brahmin | p. 127 |
| How the Unfaithful Wife Tricked her Foolish Husband | p. 129 |
| The Mouse That Turned into a Girl | p. 131 |
| Frogs Go for a Ride on the Back of a Snake | p. 137 |
| On Losing What You Have Gained | p. 146 |
| The Ass without Ears or a Heart | p. 152 |
| On Hasty Actions | p. 155 |
| Building Castles in the Air | p. 156 |
| The Barber Who Killed the Monks | p. 158 |
| Appendices | p. 160 |
| Concordance of Stories | p. 160 |
| Stories in Other Pancatantra Versions | p. 162 |
| Explanatory Notes | p. 165 |
| Glossary of Names | p. 181 |
| Index | p. 187 |
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