Sanskrit Language and Culture Quiz

Sanskrit arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age.

Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism.

Sanskrit was a link language in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions.

<p>Sanskrit had a lasting effect on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, especially in their formal and learned vocabularies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sanskrit generally connotes several Old Indo-Aryan language varieties, with the most archaic being the Vedic.</p> Signup and view all the answers