Charitropakhyan also called Triya Charitar, is a long composition of women's tales in verse, which forms over one third of the Dasam Granth, having 404 distinct chapters. The work is generally ascribed to Guru Gobind Singh. A school of opinion, however, exists which asserts that Chritropakhyan and some other compositions included in the Dasam Granth are not by the Guru but by some of the poets of the Guru's Court. What is clear is that most of 404 tales give a moral message rather than being intended as a piece of actual history.