Guest guest Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 The earliest written record is the Piprawa vase inscription which was discovered by Col Claxton Peppe. This inscription is written in Brahmi character and is in a language which does not conform to any of the standard Prakrits. Some of the case endings tend towards Magadhi. No compound consonant has been written. They have been either simplified or divided by epenthesis. No long vowel, excepting two 'e's have been used. The inscription has been differently interpreted. This certainly belongs to the early part of 5th c. bce. However, this view is opposed by Herbert Hartel. Kishore patnaik A Concise History of Classical Sanskrit Literature By Gaurinath Shastri, Gaurinath Bhattacharyya. Shastri, Bhattacharyya Shastri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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