[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s6.t2.10 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t2.10 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t2.10 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.10) ² Oldenberg, ZDMG 52, 663. Haraprasad \*Śāstrī\* (Ind. Hist. Qu. I, 1925, 204 f.) rejects the term "vernacularized Sanskrit" or "Sanskritized vernacular" as applied to the language of the Mahāvastu. He regards it as a dialect which was actually spoken in Northern India in the 2nd century B.C. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.9) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.11) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t2.10) · Pramāṇa