
Ep. 112: Early Indians
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Influence of Harappan on the Language Sanskrit
A lot of Harappan culture is reflected in what we call Vedic culture and assume to be something pure that originated out of itself, suichenery as it were. The earliest versions of Sanskrit has retroflex consonants which are not there in other Indo-European language families. And the striking thing is even Persian doesn't have them. So, you have to see the Indian culture as draws from multiple, it doesn't come from a single source as we have often imagined. It's a, it's, it comes from multiple sources.
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