This document summarizes the transformation and evolution of languages in India over time. It discusses how Sanskrit transformed into Prakrit languages between 1500-200 BC. It then discusses how Prakrit further evolved into Apabhransha between 200 BC-10th century AD due to migration and regional influences. It also discusses how visual communication and language are interlinked and both influenced each other. Hindi and Urdu divided due to religious and cultural revocation of Sanskrit in the 14th century. Arrival of foreign groups like Persians and colonials further diversified Indian languages.

2. Language In Indian Context
The Transformation Of Sanskrit
Parakrit To Pali & Apbhransha.
The History of Visual Communication
The Revocation and Later Transformation
Hindi & Urdu
Dravidian Languages
Conclusion

4. Language is – is an exclusively human property.
Among the characteristics that make a relatively
clear distinction between linguistic and
nonlinguistic communication meaningful, two are
particularly important: double articulation and
syntax.
India is a land of diversity and is also accompanied
by the diversity of languages and dialects.
E.g.- Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi ,Punjabi,
Assamese, Urdu, Kannada, Tamil & Telugu etc.

6. • The Vedic Sanskrit later transformed into the
Parakrit language in 1500-200 B.C.
• Parakrit means “occurring from the source of
Origin”. Since Sanskrit has been the origin of all
the languages it was Parakrit which was first
derived out of the Sanskrit.
• The difference between the Sanskrit and Parakrit
is proposed by the forms of speech and
grammatical use of the language.

8. Since Buddhist followers and monks used to
migrate from place to place few of them were given
the charge of staying back and maintain the
religious harmony by Lord Buddha himself.
These transitions of migration later affected the
Pali language and in 200 B.C. transformed into the
Apbhransha language.
The term ‘Apbhransha’ means ‘impure’. This was
termed impure in the sense that Apbhransha
contained the regional influences and were mainly
used for verbal communication.

9. • It is interesting to note that language is
also a part of visuals. Language is
governed by the alphabets or letters which
in turn are symbols. Symbols are the part
of Visuals.
• Through the use of Visuals people
developed the phenomena of language and
then from language they went into the
much detailed principle of painting.

10. • Thevisualhistoryistracedfromthesymbolismandpaintingsofthe
BhimbetkaCaves.Theearlywhichusedtoliveinthecavespaintedthese
charactersidentifiedbythemodernLinguistics,asameansof
communication forthosepeople.
• Someofthepaintingshavebeenverycomplex&remainunidentified.The
criticshavebeenoftheviewthatthecharactersportrayedbythemarenot
justsymbolsbutalsotheprinciplei.e.languagefortheearlypeople.
• Themainoccurrenceofpainting isseenduringthePalaperiod.Sincethe
cave monasterieswerebuildforthemonks,theyalsocontainedthe
earliestpaintingswhichweremadeonpalmleaves,wood,&stones.
• TheseVisualstyleweremodifiedfromtimetotime.TheJainperiod
witnessedtheuseofbrightcolors andarrivalofpaperwhichaddedtothe
richnessofthepainting.

11. • Not only the visual communication but the lingual
communication was also influenced by different
cultures which arrived at the Indian land.
• The visual and language communication go hand in
hand and is transformed at the same time.
• History proves this fact of correlation visual and
language communication which will go on forever

12. • The use of Apbhransha existed till the 10th
Century A.D. With the arrival of the Jain culture
the use of Vedic Sanskrit was brought back into
the communication scenario.
• The societies now began their original
transformation. Also the Hindu followers who
didn’t believe in the existence of Buddha revoked
the use of Sanskrit.
• This revocation later resulted into the division

13. • The regional varieties and cultural
differentiation also added to the
transformation and by the end of the 14th
century there were several languages which
ended the revocation of Sanskrit.
• Also the arrival of Persians, Mongolians,
Colonials, etc. added on to the diversification
of the Language.
• The colonials also transformed the education
system in India which added on to the
language diversity.

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