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The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c21.73

The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c21.73

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c21.73

¹ Grierson holds that Pāli, the language of the Southern Buddhist scriptures, is a literary form of the ancient language spoken at Takshasilā. This accounts for its striking resemblance to Paiśāchī Prākrit (*Ind. Ant.* 1915, p. 227 n.).