Government of IndiaThe History of the Bengali Language
Author: Mazumdar, Bijayachandra
Keywords: Bengali Language, Bengali Literature, History, Aryan, Dravidian, Prakrit
Publisher: University of Calcutta, Calcutta
Description: Authored by Bijayachandra Mazumdar, this book presents a comprehensive history of the Bengali Language. It opens with a stout denial of Sir G Grierson’s theory of the origin of the Aryan Vernaculars. The author maintains their deviation from the Vedic language, and explains their variations as due to the influence of non-Aryan speech, mainly Dravidian, particularly, Bengali, Oriya, and Assamese. In his opinion these languages are all primarily evoked from one and the same Eastern Magadhi Prakrit, and the first two, that is, Bengali and Oriya have been influenced in a secondary degree by Dravidian speech.
Source: Central Secretariat Library
Type: Rare Book
Received From: Central Secretariat Library
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Mazumdar, Bijayachandra |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-25T10:53:41Z |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-25T10:53:41Z |
| dc.description | Authored by Bijayachandra Mazumdar, this book presents a comprehensive history of the Bengali Language. It opens with a stout denial of Sir G Grierson’s theory of the origin of the Aryan Vernaculars. The author maintains their deviation from the Vedic language, and explains their variations as due to the influence of non-Aryan speech, mainly Dravidian, particularly, Bengali, Oriya, and Assamese. In his opinion these languages are all primarily evoked from one and the same Eastern Magadhi Prakrit, and the first two, that is, Bengali and Oriya have been influenced in a secondary degree by Dravidian speech. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | xix, 323 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | University of Calcutta, Calcutta |
| dc.subject | Bengali Language, Bengali Literature, History, Aryan, Dravidian, Prakrit |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1927 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-011500 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Mazumdar, Bijayachandra |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-25T10:53:41Z |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-25T10:53:41Z |
| dc.description | Authored by Bijayachandra Mazumdar, this book presents a comprehensive history of the Bengali Language. It opens with a stout denial of Sir G Grierson’s theory of the origin of the Aryan Vernaculars. The author maintains their deviation from the Vedic language, and explains their variations as due to the influence of non-Aryan speech, mainly Dravidian, particularly, Bengali, Oriya, and Assamese. In his opinion these languages are all primarily evoked from one and the same Eastern Magadhi Prakrit, and the first two, that is, Bengali and Oriya have been influenced in a secondary degree by Dravidian speech. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | xix, 323 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | University of Calcutta, Calcutta |
| dc.subject | Bengali Language, Bengali Literature, History, Aryan, Dravidian, Prakrit |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1927 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-011500 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
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