It isn’t generally disputed that most modern Indo-Aryan languages—namely, those spoken in northern, western and eastern India—trace their origins back to Sanskrit. Sanskrit is indeed the parent of ...

The Infosys Prize 2025 in Humanities and Social Sciences was recently awarded to Professor Andrew Ollett, who teaches at the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of ...

Ancient history tells us that the Satavahanas ruled over large parts of the Deccan, including (at various times) western Maharashtra, Andhra, and even parts of central India like Madhya Pradesh. They ...

Professor S. Settar’s new book Prakruta Jagadvalaya is more than an important addition to repertoire of thought-provoking books on Kannada language and culture. Its value can best be indicated through ...

Each year, the Infosys Prize arrives like a quiet counter to the noise around instant fame. While the world scrolls fast, this award—with its gold medal, citation, and USD 100,000 purse—reminds us ...

New Delhi: The Infosys Science Foundation on Wednesday announced the six winners of the Infosys Prize 2025, facilitating scholars from a range of fields such as engineering, life sciences, and ...

Prakrit, a group of Indo-Aryan languages, has garnered negligible attention. However, recently, the Union Cabinet declared it a classical language. As opposed to Sanskrit, primarily spoken by the ...

Former Chief Minister Veerappa Moily called upon Prakrit scholars to make efforts to take the language to the common folk. “Prakrit had a great influence on the Indian literary tradition and it is ...

The National Educational Testing Bureau of University Grants Commission (UGC) conducts National Eligibility Test (NET) for appointment of Lecturers in colleges and universities and for award of Junior ...

The academies are being set up under the administrative control of Department of Higher Education. The Bihar government has taken a significant step towards preserving and promoting ancient languages ...