{"slug": "sanskrit", "label": "Sanskrit", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11059", "qid": "Q11059", "description": "ancient Indo-Aryan language of South Asia", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [-154, 1786], "span_label": ["155 BCE", "1786 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "indonesia", "label": "Indonesia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chinese-buddhism", "label": "Chinese Buddhism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "guangzhou", "label": "Guangzhou", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pakistan", "label": "Pakistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bactria", "label": "Bactria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "latin", "label": "Latin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "liu-song-dynasty", "label": "Liu Song dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chinese-language", "label": "Chinese language", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -154, "year_label": "155 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Menander I (known as Milinda in Sanskrit and Pali) begins his reign as king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom. His territories cover the eastern dominions of the divided Greek empire of Bactria (Panjshir and Kapisa) and extend to the modern Pakistani province of Punjab, most of the Indian states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and the Jammu region. His capital is considered to have been Sagala, a prosperous city in northern Punjab believed to be modern Sialkot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370594154#Bactria", "title": "155 BC", "revid": 1370594154, "section": "Events › By place › Bactria"}}, {"year": 78, "year_label": "78 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Indian Prince Aji Caka introduces the Sanskrit language and Pallawa script, used to inscribe Javanese words and phrases, to the Indonesian islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330207965#Asia", "title": "AD 78", "revid": 1330207965, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 300, "year_label": "300 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Panchatantra, a Sanskrit collection of fables and fairy tales, is written in India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361492719#Art_and_Science", "title": "300", "revid": 1361492719, "section": "Events › By topic › Art and Science"}}, {"year": 380, "year_label": "380 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Important works on mathematics and astronomy are written in Sanskrit.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281452530#Arts_and_sciences", "title": "380", "revid": 1281452530, "section": "Events › By topic › Arts and sciences"}}, {"year": 380, "year_label": "380 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Kālidāsa, Classical Sanskrit writer (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281452530#Births", "title": "380", "revid": 1281452530, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 443, "year_label": "443 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Gunabhadra, Indian Buddhist monk, is an invited honored guest by emperor Wen of Liu Song (Liu Song dynasty). He translates the Lankavatara Sutra from Sanskrit into the Chinese language.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326559931#Religion", "title": "443", "revid": 1326559931, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 450, "year_label": "450 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Kālidāsa, Classical Sanskrit writer (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334307596#Deaths", "title": "450", "revid": 1334307596, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 671, "year_label": "671 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Yijing, Chinese Buddhist monk, travels by boat from Guangzhou, and visits the capital of the partly Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya in Palembang (Indonesia). He stays for 6 months to study Sanskrit grammar and the Malay language.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805234#Asia", "title": "671", "revid": 1340805234, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1270, "year_label": "1270 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Sanskrit fables known as the Panchatantra, dating from as early as 200 BCE, are translated into Latin, from a Hebrew version by John of Capua.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480805#Europe", "title": "1270", "revid": 1362480805, "section": "Events › Europe"}}, {"year": 1786, "year_label": "1786 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – In a speech before The Asiatic Society in Calcutta, Sir William Jones notes the formal resemblances between Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, laying the foundation for comparative linguistics and Indo-European studies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370552329#January–March", "title": "1786", "revid": 1370552329, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}