Q. The book "Kathasaritsagar" was written by whom?
Answer: Somadeva
Notes: The Kathasaritsagara ( or Ocean of the Streams of Stories) is a famous 11th-century collection of Indian legends, fairy tales and  folk tales as retold in Sanskrit by Somadeva, a Shaiva Brahmin. It was a translation of Brihat katha and was compiled between  1063-81 AD for the entertainment of the queen Suryamati, wife of king Anantadeva of Kashmir.

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