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Sanskrit older attestation?

Considering The Rig Veda is written in Sanskrit and it's usually dated to around 17th century to 14th century BCE, why is Sanskrit earliest attestation date mentioned in the common era? 2607:FEA8:79D8:5700:D46:492F:2121:D08B (talk) 22:03, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Marathi language earliest attestation date

Hi, good evening. I noticed that my edits were reverted but I wanted to point out that for the Marathi language, the earliest attestation date is 2,200 years ago. Hence i had also attached the official document. The document is by the Indian Ministry of Culture that approves Marathi as an independent language 2,200+ years ago. So I was not trying to exaggerate the date. I will attach the document for reference as well Rightmostdoor6 (talk) 20:17, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I also made minor grammatical changes to the 2024 criteria. Rightmostdoor6 (talk) 20:20, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2024/oct/doc2024104409001.pdf

Please find the link to the PDF as well Rightmostdoor6 (talk) 20:24, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Marathi Language's earliest attestation

Hi. The official document of Marathi's classical status is not AI generated. The other sites that you mention of are not the government ones and they have not accorded Marathi the classical status and are outdated. This is the official document by the Ministry of Culture of India that has granted Marathi the classical status so how can it be inaccurate. The authors are appended at the end of the document. Moreover a classical language to stand classical needs to be at least 1,500 years old. 931 AD does not make it 1,500 years old and hencr it's classical tag would not stand valid. In the document also it is clearly mentioned that the experts committee have proved that there is continuity of Marathi from Maharashtri and that it is just a different phase of the same language. The name evolved. Also there is no one Prakrit. The Prakrit spoken in Maharashtra was Maharashtri that evolved into thr present-day Marathi. The stone inscription in Naneghat even states that the term 'Maharathino' is used. In the document also which has been compiled by authors and not simply fetched by AI, it is clearly mentioned that Maharashtri and Marathi have continuity and hence it is classical. What other proof should be needed when this is the document published by thr government itself. You can see the same document for Bengali and Assamese and it that they have mentioned accurate dates and Bengali stating that there is an inadequacy of epigraphs. I eaenestly request you to go though this PDF where you will also find the authors appended at the end of the document. This document is official so how can it be denied and what further proof is required above this to prove Marathi's continuity with Maharashtri and its classical tag. If the earliest attestation date is 981 CE then it would be counter-intuitive to even keep Marathi in the classical languages list. Please find the PDF link for your reference - https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2024/oct/doc2024104409001.pdf Rightmostdoor6 (talk) 05:01, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]