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Linguist GN Devy takes us through 12000 years of India

Linguist GN Devy takes us through 12000 years of India

31 August 2023

| Ignition

An unprecedented kaleidoscope. Master linguist G. N. DEVY — who’s tracked India’s 780 languages — on his staggering new undertaking – The Indians: Histories of a civilisation. Spanning 12,000 years, & contributions from 100 plus scholars, this is a blueprint of India never attempted before: From the Ice Age to 2020.

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