Ishwa helper Reged: 03/03/02 Posts: 553

Re: Sanskrit is the World's the oldest language [Re: WFHermans] #12901 - 03/03/02 05:16 PM Edit Reply Quote

Sanskrit was not artificial in Panini's days, for we meet this language again later on in the Gupta courts and again with Harsha Vikramaditya of Ujjain of 57 BC in the plays and other works: Kalidasa. Later we meet Bhavabhuti and still later Bana. (Their dates will be revisoned: not anymore related to the Shaka Era of 78 AD, which was a Shalivahana Era, but related to 552 BC, when Nahapana's father or grandfather Bhumika/Ghsamotika ruled and established the Shaka Era) If, some scholars are right, like prof. Mankad and prof. Pradhan, than the Guptas ruled from 329-82 BC (the barber=of Karaskara tribe=Ghatotkacha, Xandrames=Chandramas Gupta and Sandrocottos=Samudra Gupta), the Mauryas are pushed back more centuries. This means automatically that Patanjali's Great Commentary which is pre-Guptan must also before the Shaka rule. The Imperial Andhras were contemporary with the Shakas, but came long after Pushyamitra Shunga, the patron of Patanjali. if Patanjali is pre 6th century BC, so are the Mauryas and Nandas. And Buddha lived even before, during the Pradyotas of Avanti and Haryankas of Magadha. That must be somewhat near to the time of Panini, who lived before just before Buddhism.