Education in Ancient India c8.s3.18

c8.s3.18

The Ascendancy of Sanskrit : During the earlier centuries of this period, upto *c.* 300 A. D., some kings like the Sātavāhanas, the Ikshwākus and the Pallavas had championed the cause of Prakrit and directed that vernaculars alone should be used even in their official and public documents. As however the period advanced, the attraction of