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What is the sacred language of Hinduism?
What is the sacred language of Hinduism?
Which language had a lasting effect on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia?
Which language had a lasting effect on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia?
In which collection of hymns is the most archaic Vedic Sanskrit found?
In which collection of hymns is the most archaic Vedic Sanskrit found?
Which language interacted with the preexisting ancient languages of the subcontinent and absorbed names of newly encountered plants and animals?
Which language interacted with the preexisting ancient languages of the subcontinent and absorbed names of newly encountered plants and animals?
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What is the Indo-Aryan branch of language to which Sanskrit belongs?
What is the Indo-Aryan branch of language to which Sanskrit belongs?
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Which language became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia?
Which language became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia?
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In which collection of hymns is the most archaic Vedic Sanskrit found?
In which collection of hymns is the most archaic Vedic Sanskrit found?
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What is the classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages?
What is the classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages?
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Which language was the link language in ancient and medieval South Asia?
Which language was the link language in ancient and medieval South Asia?
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What was the predecessor language that diffused to South Asia from the northwest in the late Bronze Age?
What was the predecessor language that diffused to South Asia from the northwest in the late Bronze Age?
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