The quintessential quote is that of Kalhana in the Rajatarangini,12th century CE (1147 to 1149 CE) who is regarded as a modern in Indian parlance:
ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY k w ɪ n t ɪ s ɛ n ʃ ə l WORD_BOUNDARY k w oʊ t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY ð æ t WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY k æ l h ɑ n ə WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ ɑ d̠ʒ ʌ t æ ɹ ʌ ŋ ɡ iː n i WORD_BOUNDARY t w ɛ l f θ WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ n t̠ʃ ə ɹ ɹ i WORD_BOUNDARY s iː iː WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY θ aʊ z ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n h ʌ n d ɹ ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ t i WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ v ə n WORD_BOUNDARY t ə WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY θ aʊ z ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n h ʌ n d ɹ ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ t i WORD_BOUNDARY n aɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY s iː iː WORD_BOUNDARY h uː WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ ɪ ɡ ɑ ɹ d ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY æ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY m ɑ d ə ɹ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n d iə n WORD_BOUNDARY p ɑ ɹ l ə n s WORD_BOUNDARY