After having declared Prakrits to be classical, it is redundant to accord the status to the modern-day new Indic languages.

Prakrit languages were widely spoken across India. Today, a group of scholars in Pune is working on a Prakrit-English ...

The Union government on Thursday conferred the classical language tag to five more Indian languages, including Marathi and ...

A panel discussion at the launch of Peggy Mohan’s book, ‘Father Tongue, Motherland’ traced the evolution of Indian languages from the Indus Valley Civilisation to the Mughal era.

The five languages added to the list of Classical Languages are Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali. A Classical Language is a designation given to languages that boast a rich heritage ...