The History of the Bengali Language

Some pastoral tribes (Ion, before the Vedic days found their way across the 11 i doltish ' and spread their languages over the whole 4)1 Northern India as far as Dibrugarh in the extreme east of Assam, and Canara to the south of Bombay- All the modern vernaculars have their origin in the patois of these pastoral tribes. ' (2) The latest corners of the ludo-Aryans settled themselves in the so-calle [...] The district of Sylhet to the north or the Chittagong Division and the district of Manbhum to the west of the Burdwan Division, though falling outside the Presidency of BengalAre but Bengaiispeiskii. f. ,P tracts and nearly three million soulis live in those two districts. [...] L AND ITS PEOPLES The Antiquity of the Names Panora and Bangla It is a fact that the Veda Samhitiiis and the early Vedic literature do not, mention the nann Vanga either in connection with the names of Indian tribes: or in any enumeration of the countries owned by the Aryans as well a bv the non-Aryans. [...] I cannot too highly speak of the critical acumen of the learned scholars who have attempted to reconstruct the history of the Vedic times with the materials furnished by the Veda Samhitits, but we have no patience with those who have gone the length of making this bold statement with much confidence that the state of things not disclosed by the Vedic mantras was non-existent in the olden days. [...] higtorieal eritieS arise after the . leltire to 1%-rite a hiHtory of our time with the help of such a Braver-book as the Brahma Sancrit of the Brahman, or a 0,-)11e. e. t ion o1 Rampr td tz OnlItTS, unearthed in the debris of some builtlinms, will the material be sufficient for the rurpose ' Will not such an inference on the basis 'fit' the hymns and prayers of the Bralimas that.