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What language did the Aryan people introduce to the ancient Indian people?
A
Arabic
B
Sanskrit
C
Hebrew
D
Greek
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sanskrit language, (from Sanskrit saṃskṛta, “adorned, cultivated, purified”), an Old Indo-Aryan language in which the most ancient documents are the Vedas, composed in what is called Vedic Sanskrit .

Detailed explanation-2: -An ancient Indo-European language, Sanskrit is widely believed to have been introduced to the Indian subcontinent by outsiders who called themselves “Aryans” (or noble ones) and who progressively migrated to the Indian subcontinent from the northwest starting around 2000 BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The holy language of the Aryans who invaded the Indian subcontinent was Sanskrit. Many of the modern languages of northern India, such as Hindi and Bengali, evolved from Sanskrit. Today, Sanskrit is still widely taught and understood as a second language among educated Indians.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Aryans spoke Sanskrit and developed a right tradition of poems and hymns that survived from generation to generation by word of mouth. People later figured out how to write in Sanskrit. The huge lasting influence of these early written works make Sanskrit the most important language of ancient India.

Detailed explanation-6: -In the medieval era, Sanskrit continued to be spoken and written, particularly by Brahmins (the name for Hindu priests of the highest caste) for scholarly communication. Today, Sanskrit is still used on the Indian Subcontinent.

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