WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
the written language developed in Aryan villages
A
caste
B
raja
C
Himalaya
D
Sanskrit
E
monsoons
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Vedic Sanskrit is the oldest, pre-Classical form of the Indian Sanskrit language, used from c. 1500–200 BCE. Vedic Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family, which is a group within the broader Indo-European language family.

Detailed explanation-2: -The answer is Sanskrit. The language of the Aryans of India was Sanskrit, an Indo-Aryan language. Old Indo-Aryan includes different dialects and linguistic states that are referred to in common as Sanskrit.

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: -Prakrit languages are related to Sanskrit but differs from it in several ways. Prakrit means “arising from the source” in Sanskrit. Prakrit languages can be divided into 4 groups namely, the Paishachi, Shauraseni, Magadhi, and Maharashtri languages.

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