It is generally accepted by scholars .
It is generally widely believed in India that numerous major modern Indic languages such as Punjabi , Hindi , Gujarati and Bengali have roots in Sanskrit in the broadest sense of the term , and are the descendants of the Sanskrit language .
It is generally accepted by scholars and widely believed in India that numerous major modern Indic languages such as Punjabi , Hindi , Gujarati and Bengali have roots in Sanskrit in the broadest sense of the term , and are the descendants of the Sanskrit language .