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Rh pronouns. Probably also we have to investigate the Iranian dialects for the history of several grammatical forms in the Dravidian, but the whole structure is so obscured by the later developments through the several Prakritic stages that it is not possible to deal with the Iranian affinities at length in this place. These affinities will be referred to in passing when the affinities with the Prakrits are dealt with.

The Vedic language shows varieties of the Indo-Iranian dialects and forms a link between the Avesta on the one hand and classical Skt. on the other. The Prakrito tradition has to be traced to the Vedic dialects and not to Classical Skt., for classical Skt. represents only the petrified state of but one of the many dialects of the Vedic times. The Prakrits derive their immediate