GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Modern Indo-Aryan languages descend from Old Indo-Aryan languages such as early Vedic Sanskrit, through Middle Indo-Aryan languages (or Prakrits).

Detailed explanation-2: -It is said that all the modern Indian languages used in north part of India are evolved from Sanskrit and the other Modern Indian Langauges of South India-Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu are evolved from the Dravidian family of languages.

Detailed explanation-3: -Old Indo-Aryan Group This group of languages was formed around 1500 BC. Sanskrit originated from the old Indo-Aryan group of languages. It is considered to be the mother of all Indian languages. Sanskrit has found its use in Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, and Dharmasutras.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sanskrit (/ˈsænskrɪt/; attributively -, saṃskṛta-; nominally , saṃskṛtam, IPA: [ˈsɐ̃skr̩tɐm]) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age.