Even in earlier days Sanskrit was a spoken language.
The Vedas have ‘Samvaad Sukta' (conversational stories) and other words which they were using in day to day life. Which have shown Sanskrit as the language of communication among people.
As the writing technology developed, Sanskrit language texts and scriptures were written in Brahmi, Devanagari, Sharada, Saraswati and in many other scripts.
In case of Sanskrit literature, there are two distinct phases - Vedic Sanskrit in which the Vedic literature is written and classical Sanskrit, in which texts like Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita are written.
Even in earlier days Sanskrit was a spoken language.
The Vedas have ‘Samvaad Sukta' (conversational stories) and other words which they were using in day to day life. Which have shown Sanskrit as the language of communication among people.
As the writing technology developed, Sanskrit language texts and scriptures were written in Brahmi, Devanagari, Sharada, Saraswati and in many other scripts.
Use of Sanskrit has been declined in later years and middle ages.
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In case of Sanskrit literature, there are two distinct phases - Vedic Sanskrit in which the Vedic literature is written and classical Sanskrit, in which texts like Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita are written.