History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v2.c29.s2.168

v2.c29.s2.168

We need not and cannot speak much of the Bengali which emerged out of the Māgadhi about this time with provincial peculiarities still the same ; nor of the Hindi, Eastern add Western. It is a subject of study by itself. But we give in the following note extracts from Dr. Grierson’s Survey of Indian languages showing how far back the written literature in each important language goes back. These will support, to great degree, our theory that the modern vernaculars of India, whether Sanskrit-born or Tamil-born began to flourish from the 9th century A. D.