WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sanskrit is an ancient and classical language of India in which ever first book of the world Rigveda was compiled. The Vedas are dated by different scholars from 6500 B.C. to 1500 B.C. Sanskrit language must have evolved to its expressive capability prior to that.

Detailed explanation-2: -The earliest form of Sanskrit is that used in the Rig Veda (called Old Indic or Rigvedic Sanskrit). Amazingly, Rigvedic Sanskrit was first recorded in inscriptions found not on the plains of India but in in what is now northern Syria.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sanskrit is originated as Vedic Sanskrit as early as 1700-1200 BCE, and was orally preserved as a part of the Vedic chanting tradition. The scholar Panini standardized Vedic Sanskrit into Classical Sanskrit when he defined the grammar, around 500 BCE.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sanskrit – 1500 BC (circa. 3500 years old) Interestingly, several thousand people report Sanskrit as their first language on India’s census each time it’s performed, though it’s believed no one speaks it as their first language today.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sanskrit was first spoken and written in Syria, not India In fact, as Scroll recently reminded us, the form of Sanskrit found in the Rig Veda was found is Northern Syria.