WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the name of the Aryan’s first writing system?
A
Hierogliphics
B
Cuneiform
C
Latin
D
Sanskrit
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The pre-Classical form of Sanskrit is known as Vedic Sanskrit. The earliest attested Sanskrit text is the Rigveda, a Hindu scripture from the mid-to late-second millennium BCE.

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: -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-4: -The first literary work in Sanskrit is the Rigveda.

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