Maharashtri prakrit (ancestor of Marathi)
This was the ancestor of modern Marathi ,Konkani , Divehi(Maldivian language)
Maharashtri was spoken from South rajputana till the Krishna river according to many historians ex- C.V Vaidhya in his book medieval India states so. It evolved as a separate Prakrit around 500 BC.
In one of the blogs by name Controversies in history there is an article named "The myth of maharashtri prakrit" and according to modi sattva(the guy who wrote it ) Marathi never evolved from Maharashtri instead Marathi is mixture (combination of prakrit ,kannada and telugu) When i argued with him he asked me to produce words from Maharashtri and asked to prove that Maharashtri was spoken or not , I lost the argument as could not produce the things he had asked for .
He even argued that Maharashtri never existed .
So i decided to get some information about Maharashtri and how it evolved into Modern Marathi .
The Government's submission for making Marathi a classical language to the Central Government is a marvelous document which describes the history of the Marathi language here. (Or see all links at मराठी भाषा विभाग > Antargat Saunstha > Abhijaat Marathi Bhasha)
Other lines of the inscriptions can be seen here.
Gaha Sattasai (or in Sanskrit known as Gatha Saptasati) is a collection of poems written in Maharashtra Prakrit. It is dated between 200 BCE to 200 CE and the authorship is attributed to the Satavahana King Hala. Some more snippets from the above document follow:
Another extract from the document, about some indigenous Maharashtri Prakrit words:
This was the ancestor of modern Marathi ,Konkani , Divehi(Maldivian language)
Maharashtri was spoken from South rajputana till the Krishna river according to many historians ex- C.V Vaidhya in his book medieval India states so. It evolved as a separate Prakrit around 500 BC.
In one of the blogs by name Controversies in history there is an article named "The myth of maharashtri prakrit" and according to modi sattva(the guy who wrote it ) Marathi never evolved from Maharashtri instead Marathi is mixture (combination of prakrit ,kannada and telugu) When i argued with him he asked me to produce words from Maharashtri and asked to prove that Maharashtri was spoken or not , I lost the argument as could not produce the things he had asked for .
He even argued that Maharashtri never existed .
So i decided to get some information about Maharashtri and how it evolved into Modern Marathi .
The Government's submission for making Marathi a classical language to the Central Government is a marvelous document which describes the history of the Marathi language here. (Or see all links at मराठी भाषा विभाग > Antargat Saunstha > Abhijaat Marathi Bhasha)
Other lines of the inscriptions can be seen here.
Gaha Sattasai (or in Sanskrit known as Gatha Saptasati) is a collection of poems written in Maharashtra Prakrit. It is dated between 200 BCE to 200 CE and the authorship is attributed to the Satavahana King Hala. Some more snippets from the above document follow:
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