WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What group of people developed a written language called Sanskrit?
A
Mesopotamians
B
Egyptians
C
Israelites
D
Aryans
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The most prominent of these groups spoke Indo-European languages and were called Aryans, or “noble people” in the Sanskrit language. These Indo-Aryan s were a branch of the Indo-Iranians, who originated in present-day northern Afghanistan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Aryans developed a written language called Sanskrit once they started living a settled life as farmers. Sanskrit helped them to write down information about trade and sales.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vedic Sanskrit was an ancient language of the Indo-Aryan subgroup of the Indo-European language family. It is attested in the Vedas and related literature compiled over the period of the mid-2nd to mid-1st millennium BCE. It was orally preserved, predating the advent of writing by several centuries.

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