Not just Sanskrit, Gujarati owes a lot to Arabic and Persian too
The Hindu literati claimed the purity of the language in the ancient age and its deterioration during the Muslim period.
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Shreya Parikh is a doctoral scholar studying sociology. Her research focuses on the study of race, religion and secularism in France. She speaks Gujarati, Hindi-Urdu, French and Arabic. Find her on Twitter @shreya_parikh
