The Sakyans spoke in Pali, before the so called Tamil and Sanskrit came to India. This is the historical truth. We have all archaeological evidences for this. Most of them quoted by our grandfather Pandit Iyothi Thas. The major evidences were the inscriptions of Asoka. Asoka used Pali language in all his rock edicts (about 80,000 edicts). He used different dialects according to the region from nor
th to south and east to west. This has been deciphered (not just interpreted). This has been thoroughly tested by historians and internationally accepted and recognized. There is no dispute on the period or language. The language and scripts are in Pali. You may refer Prof. A.L. Bashyam for further information on this account. At the same time there was no other literary language at the time of Asoka in Indian subcontinent. There is no archaeological evidences for Tamil or Sanskrit in the pre Christian era. Tamils use all Palu scripts as Tamil. It is disputable since most of them are just one or two words. Tami has no long inscription as we have Pali inscriptions at the time of Asoka or the entire period of Kala Parayas.
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