Sanskrit

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Sanskrit > cosmopolitan lingua franca

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During the First Millennium CE, Sanskrit was a cosmopolitan lingua franca across South Asia and beyond. It was a language used by kings and poets, a medium that transmitted major epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata, and a language used in religious debates across many traditions.

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During the First Millennium CE, Sanskrit was a cosmopolitan lingua franca across South Asia and beyond. It was a language used by kings and poets, a medium that transmitted major epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata, and a language used in religious debates across many traditions.

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