[tied] Re: Genetic Studies and Aryan Migrations

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <G.and.P@...> wrote:

>
> >I thought the codification of Sanskrit (Panini) was considerably later
> >(4th Century BC?)
>
> Alexander and his men (4th century) were amazed that the Indians had

no form

> of writing.
> The writing down of Sanskrit is more like 3rd century BCE

Do you have any sources for this? Wikipedia (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari_transliteration ) is currently
claiming that the earliest surviving written Sanskrit is a 'rock
inscription by the Western Kshatrapa ruler Rudradaman, written c. 150
CE in Junagadh, Gujarat'. Ashoka's inscriptions were written in
Prakrits.