Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra c6.63

c6.63

in the *Nāṭyaśāstra* where Bharata tells us that of the seven local dialects (*Sapta bhāṣāḥ*) of India, the *Bahlika-bhāṣā* was spoken by the Udīcyas and the Khasas and was the language of their own country (*svadeśajā*).