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showcase of the renowned poets of Sindhi Literature . The reason why
this website has been launched is that there is no single place of
reference for the Great Sindhi Poets of Yesteryears. We hope that we
will be able to compile the list on this website. If any of the viewers
is aware of the renowned Sindhi poets who are not featured , please
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ACCORDING To THE GENEALOGY OF INDO-ARYAN LANGUAGES Sindhi language
could be regarded as a grand-daughter of Sanskrit and a daughter of
Prakrit along with its other sister languages of Northern India.
Up to the seventh century A. D., when Sind was under Buddhist and
Brahmin rulers, Sanskrit and later Prakrit were the languages used in
Sind. From 711 A. D. onwards Arabs and Arghoons conquered and ruled
over Sind, but the language of the people continued to be Prakrit and
Apabhransh Prakrit. It was about 1100 A. D. that the present Sindhi
language was derived from the Apabhransh like other Indian languages.
Then during eight more centuries of Afghan and Moghal rule up to 19th
century, the impact of Arabic and Persian languages was increasingly
felt on the original Sindhi language, until it became a rich compound
of three different great languages : Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian.
Sindhi literature produced in the latter part of this period was so
rich that soon after the British conquest of Sind in 1843, Richard
Burton wrote in his ‡History of Sind: "As regards the
literature in the Sindhi tongue, it may be easily asserted that no
vernacular dialect, at the time of our taking the country, possessed
more, and few so much original
* (Based on writing of by Prof. M. U. Malkani).
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