Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c17.s2.3

c17.s2.3

“In Iranian Indo-European r and l appear indiscriminately as r.¹ In the language of the *Ṛg Veda* this is predominantly the case. In Classical Sanskrit both l and r are found, but their distribution does not correspond exactly with that of Indo-European. In certain Eastern dialects of Indo-Aryan (notably in the inscriptions of Aśoka and in the Māgadhī of the Drama) only l is found.” ²