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Thus from this point of view also my Chronological estimate of 2nd MIA is preferable as second MIA precedes Apabhrama and thus my assumption 2nd MIA starts from 6th century BC and ended as a natural speech in 4th century BC is quite reasonable. Of course, the language of each stage of Indo-Aryan continued as an artificial literary speech for centuries.
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Department of Linguistics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
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