The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c10.109

c10.109

From the point of view of language this period from 7th century A.D. is one of the most constructive. About the beginning of this so-called period of decay, the secondary prakrits—Sauraseni, Ardha magadhi, Magadhi and Maharashtri, become the literary *apabhramsas*. The modern vernaculars came through them as the tertiary prakrits.