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Magadhi Prakrit
Magadhi Prakrit
(Ardhamagadhi) is of one of the three
Dramatic Prakrits
, the written languages of
Ancient India
following the decline of
Pali
and
Sanskrit
. Magadhi Prakrit was spoken in the eastern
Indian subcontinent
, in a region spanning what is now
eastern India
,
Bangladesh
, and
Nepal
. It is believed to be the language spoken by the important religious figures
Gautama Buddha
and
Mahavira
and was also the language of the courts of the
Magadha
mahajanapada
and the
Maurya Empire
; the edicts of
Ashoka
were composed in it.
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