01508nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802800930007608200150016910000180018424500950020226000480029730000260034536500110037152006390038265000140102165000190103565000140105470000190106894200090108799900170109695201530111320250731134533.0250731b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780670093687  aBrijwasi Book DistributorsbH-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, DelhicBW/000228d23/07/2025  a306.44 MOH  aMohan, Peggy.  aWanderers, kings, merchantsb : the story of India through its languages. c/ Peggy Mohan.  aGurugram b: Penguin Random House c, 2021.  axvii, 341 p.c: 24cm.  b489.30  aOne of India's most incredible and enviable cultural aspects is that every Indian is bilingual, if not multilingual. Delving into the fascinating early history of South Asia, this original book reveals how migration, both external and internal, has shaped all Indians from ancient times. Through a first-of-its-kind and incisive study of languages, such as the story of early Sanskrit, the rise of Urdu, language formation in the North-east, it presents the astounding argument that all Indians are of mixed origins.It explores the surprising rise of English after Independence and how it may be endangering India's native languages.
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