tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543800328042656312.post5671343307093356146..comments2023-10-25T15:17:50.019+01:00Comments on .: Empires of the WordAsian Chahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584092946474224488noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543800328042656312.post-5729235188828705812010-11-11T08:16:21.242+00:002010-11-11T08:16:21.242+00:00Ankur, I looked at Empires of the Word again and I...Ankur, I looked at <i>Empires of the Word</i> again and I don't think Ostler was in any way neglecting the history and development of Sanskrit. In fact, there is an entire chapter in the book devoted to it (Ch. 5) whereas Chinese is shared with Egyptian in one chapter (Ch. 4).t of Chahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956966590671319199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543800328042656312.post-52687169817014039862010-10-31T17:38:44.018+00:002010-10-31T17:38:44.018+00:00Ankur said: "Don't understand here what t...<a href="http://chastaff.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/ankur-agarwal/" rel="nofollow">Ankur</a> said: "Don't understand here what the writer means. As an example, Hindi is written in the same Devanagari script that it has been since millennia; I don't see which original system changed. Also, Sanskrit was always like a mother language which gave birth to a lot of Prakrit offshoots, t of Chahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956966590671319199noreply@blogger.com