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Article: The Language of the Edicts.(Brief Article)
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- Calliope
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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Ashoka's edicts were written in Prakrt. This was not the official language of the administration, but the one that the common people throughout the empire could easily understand. In the centuries that followed Ashoka's rule, the language spoken by the people gradually changed. By the A.D. 1200s, when invading armies from Afghanistan and Turkey conquered areas of north India, Prakrt was largely forgotten. The new rulers set about erecting monuments that would establish their control. One leader was Firuz, a member of the Tughluq dynasty that ruled northern India from 1320 to 1415. Firuz ...
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