Urdu/Hindi: An Artificial Divide: African Heritage, Mesopotamian Roots, Indian Culture & Britiah ColonialismThe lingua franca of the Indo-Pakistani people is one language, claims Khan, called Hindi when written in Nagari and Urdu when written in Arabic. He says it is not descended from Sanskrit, as conventionally believed, but is 10-12,000 years old and was influenced early by the Austric-Munda and Dravidian language families. Leaving aside any religious |
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Chapter IV AustricMundaDravidian and Oldest HindiUrdu | 83 |
Chapter V SanskritPrakrit and OldUrduHindi | 109 |
British Bengal | 225 |
Chapter XI Partition of Language Land and Hearts | 253 |
Chapter XII Urdu through the 20th Century | 275 |
Chapter XIII Hindis Evolution through the 20th Century | 295 |
A Show Biz Power | 315 |
Chapter XV UrduHindi of America and the World | 333 |
Common Origin | 347 |
Chapter XVII Mesopotamian Realism and ReClassification | 363 |
New Substrates from the Middle East | 133 |
Chapter VII Language of Saints and Sultans | 153 |
Chapter VIII Secular Moghuls and Secular Language | 171 |
Official Language of British India | 197 |
Bibliography | 389 |
Index | 397 |
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