It is Sanskrit which is the root of all our languages,
All our classical literature, our epic texts like the Ramayana and Mahabharata were written in Sanskrit.
We need to preserve our traditions.
Old wounds: A look at history as 'Sanskrit vs Tamil' debate revives in Parliament
"Sanskrit is the mother of all languages, including Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam"
Members of the BJP and the DMK engaged in a war of words in Lok Sabha on the evolution of the languages Sanskrit and Tamil, a point of contention since the republic first took birth. Moving the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019 for consideration and passage, Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said Sanskrit is the greatest language and "soul of the country". "Sanskrit is the oldest language. India was a world leader [vishwaguru] and Sanskrit was its important element," he said.
The debate had taken on fresh dimensions after 2019 Keeladi archaeological excavations in Tamil Nadu. The findings pushed back the date of Tamil-Brahmi to another century—6th century BCE. Literacy or learned the art of writing as early as 6th century BCE; in short, the Sangam era, which marked the largest social and cultural developments in Tamil Nadu, could be much earlier than 300 BCE when it was assumed to have commenced. The findings by the Tamil Nadu archaeological department buttressed that long-held belief of the Dravidian parties that the Indus Valley Civilisation script was proto-Dravidian, related to Tamil, as opposed to Sanskrit (Prakrit) as some studies put it. To put it simplistically, this is the very essence of the Dravidian-Aryan debate in India.
There was also a 2018 study (possibly the one quoted by A. Raja in Parliament yesterday), which claimed the Dravidian language family originated about 4,500 years ago. The Dravidian language family’s four largest languages—Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu—have literary traditions spanning centuries, of which Tamil reaches back the furthest, the study had claimed.
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All our classical literature, our epic texts like the Ramayana and Mahabharata were written in Sanskrit.
We need to preserve our traditions.
Old wounds: A look at history as 'Sanskrit vs Tamil' debate revives in Parliament
"Sanskrit is the mother of all languages, including Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam"
Members of the BJP and the DMK engaged in a war of words in Lok Sabha on the evolution of the languages Sanskrit and Tamil, a point of contention since the republic first took birth. Moving the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019 for consideration and passage, Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said Sanskrit is the greatest language and "soul of the country". "Sanskrit is the oldest language. India was a world leader [vishwaguru] and Sanskrit was its important element," he said.
The debate had taken on fresh dimensions after 2019 Keeladi archaeological excavations in Tamil Nadu. The findings pushed back the date of Tamil-Brahmi to another century—6th century BCE. Literacy or learned the art of writing as early as 6th century BCE; in short, the Sangam era, which marked the largest social and cultural developments in Tamil Nadu, could be much earlier than 300 BCE when it was assumed to have commenced. The findings by the Tamil Nadu archaeological department buttressed that long-held belief of the Dravidian parties that the Indus Valley Civilisation script was proto-Dravidian, related to Tamil, as opposed to Sanskrit (Prakrit) as some studies put it. To put it simplistically, this is the very essence of the Dravidian-Aryan debate in India.
There was also a 2018 study (possibly the one quoted by A. Raja in Parliament yesterday), which claimed the Dravidian language family originated about 4,500 years ago. The Dravidian language family’s four largest languages—Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu—have literary traditions spanning centuries, of which Tamil reaches back the furthest, the study had claimed.
Read more at:
Old wounds: A look at history as 'Sanskrit vs Tamil' debate revives in Parliament
"Sanskrit is the mother of all languages, including Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam"
www.theweek.in
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