The essence of a civilisation lies not only in its monuments or manuscripts, but also in the living languages that carry its memory, its worldview, and its aspirations across generations. In India, the languages are not isolated instruments of expression: they are bearers of a unified civilisational ethos. This book, dedicated to the vision of Bharatiya Bhasha Pariwar (BBP), is a timely affirmation of that profound truth. The volume stands as an academic contribution as also a cultural assertion that the unity of the Bharatiya Bhasha Pariwar is a vital part of India's identity and future. The role of Bharatiya Bhasha Pariwar in the growth and development of the nation is multifaceted impacting education, governance, literacy, empowerment, socio-economic development, cultural resilience and preservation.
For a long time, the study of Indian languages has been viewed through externally obligatory frameworks with not much focus on unity. The frameworks more often have used 'divided' rather than 'united', 'stratified' rather than 'synthesised', and diminished the 'organic', 'symphonic unity' that characterises the Indian linguistic experience. Through terms like 'Indo-Aryan,' 'Dravidian,' 'tribal,' or 'vernacular, generations have come to see language as a mark of identity politics rather than as a bridge of shared thought and cultural continuity. This book challenges this position. Now, Bharatiya Bhasha Pariwar is not a political slogan nor just a linguistic categorisation, but it is a civilisational framework. It is rooted in the recognition that Indian languages, whether spoken in the temples of Tamil Nadu or the forests of Bastar, whether carried in the chants of the Rigveda or the songs of Santali epics, have evolved together in conversation, convergence, and continuity. The unity of India is not merely constitutional or administrative; it is also linguistic, social, anthropological, genetic, philosophical, and ontological. Bharatiya Bhasha Pariwar enables realisation and sustenance of this unity.
Bharatiya Bhasha Pariwar is not just a linguistic category, it is a cognitive-cultural continuum. Contributors to the volume deserve appreciation for curating a range of contributions that reflect both their academic rigour and their cultural sensitivity in a range of varied perspectives to focus on the concept and nature of Bharatiya Bhasha Pariwar.
Some of the characteristic features inherent in the Bharatiya Bhasha Pariwar include: borrowing and influence of languages among each other, more relatable from Sanskrit, script traditions, shared vocabulary, grammatical features, phonetic and phonological patterns; oral and literary traditions; cultural unity and inclusivity. It can also be seen to influence through governance and administration, legal and judicial accessibility, economic development and trade interfaces, skill development and enterprises, cultural preservation, media and entertainment, bridging communication and fostering inclusivity, promotion and sustenance of diverse linguistic heritage of India.
With a history over millennia, Bharatiya Bhasha Pariwar reflects a wide socio economic, historical and geographical spectrum of the great nation. Social, historical and genetic variations notwithstanding, interconnecting as a hallmark of Bharatiya Bhasha Pariwar.
This work marks a step toward rethinking science of language within the Indian knowledge tradition. It seeks to re-anchor Indian linguistics in its native intellectual heritage from the algorithmic precision of Panini to the metaphysical richness of Tamilakam's Sangam Literature, from oral grammars to poetic norms across centuries. The aim is not to reject global methods, but to relocate their application within a culturally resonant framework, one that honours the depth, diversity, and importantly, unity of Indian languages. The experts contributed in this volume, across disciplines and generations, have brought together a formidable body of evidence to demonstrate that India's linguistic multiplicity is not a fragmentation, but a federation; not a challenge, but a testimony to its civilisational strength. Drawing from linguistic, anthropological, archaeology, genetical, literary, astronomical, mathematical and philosophi evidences, this book makes a compelling case for linguistic decolonisation, not by denial, but by rediscovery.
As India aspires to intellectual self-reliance in the 21st century, Bharatiya Bhasha Pariwar offers a foundational lens through which we need to view language policy, educational curricula, and cultural scholarship. It opens the door to a national discourse that moves beyond binaries, Aryan vs. Dravidian, North vs South, Hindi vs non-Hindi and invites us to see instead a shared aesthetic, and epistemic resonance across all Indian languages. This book does not call merely for academic reform. It calls for civilisational responsibility. It invites us to listen again to the spoken wisdom of our elders, the rhythm of native meters and the resonance that binds us all together as speakers of a Bharatiya bhasha.
As a scholarly contribution this work, serves to instil a sense of enthusiasm for further pursuits in the domain of the Bharatiya Bhasha Pariwar among researchers across disciplines such as Linguistics, Languages, Cognitive Science, Anthropology, History, etc. as well as contribution towards national policy making and for the better understanding of Indian society, seeking to realign India's language discourse with its own enduring truth.
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