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material subjugation. Vedic Sanskrit language affords extensive examples of borrowings from the pre-Aryan Austric language. This is very well established in the names of the Flora, Fauna and other articles previously unknown to the Vedic people.
The Brahmaryan language, the Vedic Sanskrit, did not have words for these plants: Bamboo, Coconut, Mustard, Rice, Guḍa, Banana, Cotton, Gourd or Melon (Ikṣu), a type of Coloquintida (Tumbā), Ficos glomerata (Udumbara), Betel, Pumpkin, Lime and Rose-apple (Jambu). She did not have words for these living beings-Mosquito, Rat, Elephant (Gaja and Matanga), Rhinoceros, Pigeon, Crow, Snake, Brinjal, Peacock and Domestic Fowl". The Austric speaking Bhāratīyans also loaned to their victors words like Bāņa (Arrow), Bāla (hair), Kambala (Woolen stuff), Sälmali (Silk Cotton), Plough or stick (Lāñgala, Lañgula, Liñga), Twenty-based Numeration (kodi), Full Moon (Rākā), New Moon (Kuhu) and Pleiades (Mātṛikā).
The ancient names of the various provinces of Bhārata are of the Austric origin. Kośala-Tośala, Añga-Vañga, Kalinga-Trilinga, Utkala-Mekala and Pulinda- Kulinda are the geographical nomenclature in pairs. Kośala-Tośala, Añga-Vanga and Kalinga-Trilinga cover the greatest part of Eastern Bhārata. Utkala-Mekala and Pundras cover the central Bharata. Pulinda along with Andhra, Pundra, Sabara, Mutiba cover the Deccan Peninsula. Kulindas are the Himalayan people. Bhulinga, Kamboj, Şalva and Udumbaras were the Punjab-Sindh provinces. The process of formation of these names is foreign to Aryan; it is foreign to Dravidian; it is on the contrary characteristic of the vast family of language which are called Austro-Asiatic and which covers in Bharata the group of the Munda
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