Indian authors such as M Ramakrishnan Nair state that Sanskrit was a dead language by the 1st millennium BCE .
Western authors such as John Snelling state that Sanskrit and Pali are both dead Indian languages .
Indian authors such as M Ramakrishnan Nair state that Sanskrit was a dead Sanskrit by the 1st millennium BCE .
Western authors such as John Snelling state that Sanskrit and Pali are both dead Indian languages .