The Indus valley civilization dates back to 3,000 BC.Researchers like Father Heras, Asko Parpola of Finland, Iravatham Mahadevan and Madhivaanan have determined that the inscriptions found in the Indus valley definitely belong to the Tamil people. Referring to this,
Sanskrit professor Bandarkar states: "It is indeed strange how the Aryans failed to supplant the Dravidian speech in the Southern part of India, though it most successfully did in North India, where we have no doubt the Dravidian language prevailed.
before the advent of Aryans.
This will be seen from the fact that Brahui, the language of the mountaineers in the khanship of kelat in Baluchistam (in present day Pakistan), contains not only some Dravidian words, but a considerable infusion of distinctively Dravidian forms and ideas.
It is also a well-known fact accepted by all scholars that there are many Sanskrit words which are all Dravidian and this will confirm the conclusion that the Dravidian tongue was prevaled
2006-07-14
22:24:01
·
9 answers
·
asked by
Royal
2
in
History