Linguistic history of India

ancient script of Central and South Asia

archaic language in the Vedas (2nd millennium BCE)

writing system used to write Odia, Sambalpuri and Kuvi languages

Apabhraṃśa (, , Prakrit: ) is a term used by vaiyākaraṇāḥ (native grammarians) since Patañjali to refer to languages spoken in Northern India before the rise of the modern languages. In Indology, it is used as an umbrella term for the dialects forming the transition between the late Middle and the early Modern Indo-Aryan languages, spanning the period between the 6th and 13th centuries CE. However, these dialects are conventionally included in the Middle Indo-Aryan period. wikt:अपभ्रंश#Sanskrit| in Sanskrit literally means "corrupt" or "non-grammatical language", that which deviates from the n

Vatteluttu (, ' and , ', ), also transliterated as Vattezhuthu, was an alphasyllabic or syllabic writing system of south India (Tamil Nadu and Kerala) and Sri Lanka formerly employed for writing the Tamil and Malayalam languages. The script is a sister system of the Pallava-Chola alphabet. The script was patronized by the Pallava, Pandya and Chera rulers of southern India.

unknown language or languages of the Harappan civilization

rock inscription in the Bactrian language found in Afghanistan

historic Brahmic script

historic abugida of South India

'''''' (Sanskrit: तद्भव, , lit. "arising from that") is the Sanskrit word for one of three etymological classes defined by native grammarians of Middle Indo-Aryan languages, alongside tatsama and deśi words. A "tadbhava" is a word with an Indo-Aryan origin (and thus related to Sanskrit) but which has evolved through language change in the Middle Indo-Aryan stage and eventually inherited into a modern Indo-Aryan language. In this sense, tadbhavas can be considered the native (inherited) vocabulary of modern Indo-Aryan languages.

one of 64 script(ure)s in Lalitavistara

relationship between the Persian and Urdu languages

survey of the languages of British India directed by G.A. Grierson

Vaidya (Sanskrit: ), or vaid is a Sanskrit word meaning "doctor, physician". Today it is used to refer to traditional practitioners of Ayurveda, an indigenous Indian system of alternative medicine. Senior practitioners or teachers were called Vaidyarāja ("physician-king") as a mark of respect. Some practitioners who had complete knowledge of the texts and were excellent at their practices were known as Pranaacharya. Some royal families in India had a personal vaidya in attendance and these people were referred to as Rāja Vaidya ("the king's physician").

aspect of history

history of the languages of India

occurrence of non-Indo-Aryan etymons in Vedic Sanskrit

Indian language learning policy

variant of the Brahmi script

linguistic survey in India

writing system and abugida, also known as Gaudi or ancient Assamese

Kaviraj (or Rajkavi, Kaviraja) is a title of honor, which was given to poets and litterateurs attached to royal courts in medieval India. Eminent Charans who were inducted into the royal courts due to their literary merit as royal poets and historians were given the rank of Kaviraja (King of Poets). Such Charans assumed positions of great influence in the medieval polity. Few well known people are Kaviraja Shyamaldas, Kaviraja Bankidas, etc. The descendants of such persons also started using the surname Kaviraj.

history of South Asian writing systems