How we are so sure that Paishachi was an Indo-Aryan language?
How did we arrive to this conclusion? Morever do we have any texts in the language?
u/will_kill_kshitij — 2 days ago
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A Sumerian cuneiform tablet, from the Old Babylonian (1800-1600 BC) period of Uruk.
The inscription records that the king Iradene brought a magnificent procession chariot adorned with gold and precious stones from Meluhha (Indus Valley Civilization) for the deities An and Inanna.
References: This specific record is cataloged in academic sources such as BaM 2 (1963) and the Yale Babylonian Collection as YBC 8753.
https://cdli.earth/artifacts/285234#:\~:text=Physical%20Information,%5Bsec54382%5D%20N.d.
u/will_kill_kshitij — 4 days ago