Re: Origin of Sanskrit (was: Mapping the Origins and Expansion of...

At 7:42:04 PM on Wednesday, October 3, 2012, shivkhokra
wrote:

> Mitanni kings had Indo-Aryan names such as Suwar-data
> ("given by the sun").

> A treaty concluded in the 14th century BC between king
> Shupiluliuma and the Mitanni king Matiwaza lists Aryan
> gods. Eg: Mitra-Varuna, Indara, Nasatyas. These are Vedic
> Gods.

> Kikkuli a Mitanni wrote about horses and horse races.
> Lingustic forms he uses are typically Indic: E.g.
> aika-wartana "one round" contains the numeral aika.

> This implies Sanskrit was in use in the Mitanni time.

No, it doesn't. It merely shows that the Mitanni had
some kind of contact with an Indo-Aryan language and
culture.

Brian