The History of Indian Literature c6.35

c6.35

WHEREIN DISTINGUISHED FROM FIRST PERIOD, . . . 175–183 Distinction in respect of language, 175; gradual development of Indo-Aryan *Bháshá,* 176; influence of Indian aborigines thereon, 177; separation of written language from popular dialects—ancient dialectic differences, 178; rock-inscriptions in popular dialects, 179; internal evidence for posteriority of second period, 180; critical condition of texts in this period—age of MSS., 181; distinction as regards subject-matter, 182; classification of Sanskṛit literature, 183.