Definition: Sanskrit, Latin, and ancient Greek form a trio of
classical literary languages. Sanskrit is the ancient language of India
and the Indian subcontinent. Its literature, the Vedas, was written in
Vedic Sanskrit, as in the Rig Veda, from about 1500 B.C. Chronologically next came Classical Sanskrit (c. 4th century B.C.). Sanskrit
was one of the most important keys to the Indoeuropean language puzzle.
When philologists in India, well-versed in classical Greek and Latin,
as well as
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