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prakrit literature
Ashokan Prakrit
The Early Middle Indo-Aryan languages represented in the inscriptions left during the reign of Ashoka, an Indian emperor of the 3rd century BCE.
Sauraseni Prakrit
Alternative form of Shauraseni Prakrit [An extinct Prakrit language of northern India, most notably used in mediaeval drama.]
Magadhi Prakrit
(Māgadhī) of one of the three Dramatic Prakrits, the written languages of Ancient India following the decline of Pali.
Shauraseni Prakrit
An extinct Prakrit language of northern India, most notably used in mediaeval drama.
Maharashtri Prakrit
Maharashtri or Maharashtri Prakrit is a Prakrit language of ancient as well as medieval India.
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