WORLD HISTORY

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: -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-3: -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-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are more than 7000 languages all around the world and yet the two of the oldest languages of the world are found in India-Sanskrit and Tamil.