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File:Global distribution of Sanskrit language presence, texts and inscriptions dated between 300 and 1800 CE.svg
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English: The Sanskrit language's geographic distribution spread with Buddhism and Hinduism across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia based on manuscripts, inscriptions, and regional literature.
Sources for the countries colored: Sheldon Pollock, Ideology and Status of Sanskrit: Contributions to the History of the Sanskrit Language, Editor: Jan E. M. Houben, BRILL Academic, pages 217-222, (Pollock calls it the Sanskrit Cosmopolis in his publications) M.I. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya and Ahmad Hasan Dani, History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Motilal Banarsidass, pages 431-448 (see this for the 17th-century presence in Kazakhstan) Friedrich Max Müller, On Sanskrit Texts Discovered in Japan, Oxford University Press William S.-Y. Wang and Chaofen Sun, The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics, Oxford University Press, pages 6-19, 203-212, 236-245 Elisabetta Chiodo, The Mongolian Manuscripts on Birch Bark from Xarbuxyn Balgas in the Collection of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, u̇u̇khiĭn Khu̇rėėlėn (Mongolyn Shinzhlėkh Ukhaany Akademi), Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 14-15 with footnotes Rewi Alley, Journey to Outer Mongolia: a diary with poems, Caxton Press, pages 27-28 Donald S. Lopez Jr. and Ha Nul Jun, Hyecho's Journey: The World of Buddhism, University of Chicago Press, pages 16-22, 33, 36-42 This SVG format file is a derivative work. It was downloaded and revised from this wikimedia common file available under the creative commons license. |
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