HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Cuneiform
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Harappan
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Hieroglyphics
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Sanskrit
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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: -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-3: -The term ‘Sanskrit’ is derived from the conjoining of the prefix ‘Sam’ meaning ‘samyak’ which indicates ‘entirely’, and ‘krit’ that indicates ‘done’. Thus, the name indicates perfectly or entirely done in terms of communication, reading, hearing, and the use of vocabulary to transcend and express an emotion.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Sanskrit-Ancient Language Sanskrit was the first language spoken in India. Aryan spoke in a simpler language, closer to traditional Sanskrit. The Sanskrit language achieved its classical form during the time of grammarian Panini (4th century B.C.).