This book talks about ten Indian languages— of the thousand-odd languages spoken in India— and their evolution, transformation and development. These languages are:TamilTeluguBrahuiSantaliKhasiKokborokManipuriMarathiPunjabiHindiKarthik Venkatesh traces the long and varied journeys of these languages through time, examining the cultural shifts and political and social influences that have shaped them. He provides a glimpse of their literature, tracks the growth of their scripts and identifies landmark moments that have preserved and reinvented these ten Indian languages. | 10 Indian Languages and How They Came to Be by Karthik Venkatesh, Paperback | Indigo Chapters