Sanskrit

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I didnt know Sanskrit was not really a classical language upto now.. <!--emo&:unsure:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='unsure.gif' /><!--endemo-->

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00120...language~status

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sanskrit to be accorded classical language status

New Delhi, Oct 28. (PTI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to accord the status of classical language to Sanskrit.

A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Miniser Manmohan Singh.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Information and Broadcasting Minister S Jaipal Reddy said that earlier Cabinet took a decision to declare Tamil as a classical language and at that time the standard approval was antiquity of 1000 years.

Now the Cabinet has decided to go by the recommendations of the Expert Committee which said the antiquity could be anywhere between 1500 to 2000 years, he said.

Reddy said the Expert Committee suo motu recommended the case of Sanskrit as a classical language, and added that the Cabinet took a decision to revise the standard 1000 antiquity years upto 1500 to 2000 years now.

He said claims have also been made by Kannada and Telugu linguistic groups for inclusion in this category and those claims were being referred to the Expert Committee.

To a question, he said declaration of classical language would facilitate institution of chairs in various universities. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->