The Middle Indic Prakrits dialects, which contemporary…

1000 CE to 1011 CE

The Middle Indic Prakrits dialects, which contemporary Sanskrit scholars regard as evidence of a cultural decline, labeling them “Apabhramsa” ("decadence"), have by 1000 evolved to the point of being recognizable as the forerunners of modern regional tongues, notably Hindi, Urdu, Bhihari, Rajastani, Bengali, Assamese, Oriya, Sindhi, Nepali, Pahari, Kashmiri, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani, Maldivian, and Sinhalese.

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Patna > Pataliputra Bihar India View →

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Kalinga View → Palas of Bengal, Empire of the View → Chandelas (Candellas) of Khajuraho, Kingdom of the View →

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