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2 days ago · The largest group of the Dravidian languages is South Dravidian, with almost 150 million speakers. Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam make up around 98% of the speakers, with 75 million, 44 million and 37 million native speakers, respectively.
5 days ago · India - Indo-European, Languages, Dialects: The Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family is the largest language group in the subcontinent, with nearly three-fourths of the population speaking a language of that family as a mother tongue. It can be further split into three subfamilies: Indo-Aryan, Dardic, and Iranian. The numerous languages of the family all derive from Sanskrit, the ...
3 days ago · The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent. Some European languages of this family— English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, and Spanish —have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across several ...
3 days ago · The earliest Tamil writing is attested in inscriptions and potsherds from the 5th century bce. Three periods have been distinguished through analyses of grammatical and lexical changes: Old Tamil (from about 450 bce to 700 ce ), Middle Tamil (700–1600), and Modern Tamil (from 1600). The Tamil writing system evolved from the Brahmi script.
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1 day ago · Dharma. Dharma ( / ˈdɑːrmə /; Sanskrit: धर्म, romanized : Dharma, pronounced [dʱɐrmɐ] ⓘ) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions ( Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism ), among others. Although no single-word translation exists for dharma in English (or other European languages), the term is commonly ...
3 days ago · Sanskrit literature and the building of Hindu and Buddhist temples and sculpture both reached apogees in this period. Although literary works in the Sanskrit language continued to be written and temples were built in later periods, the achievement was never again as inspiring. From c. 1500 to c. 500 bce
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4 days ago · The Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages is one of the oldest departments of the Lucknow University and it is known for its glorious past. The department has been working since 17th July 1921 and Dr. K. A. Subramania Iyer was the first Head of the department. He was a well-known Sanskrit scholar and also an able administrator.
