It was discovered in 1881 during British rule by a tenant of Mian Un-Wan-Udin , a police inspector ; the manuscript was discovered while the tenant was digging in an abandoned building .
It was discovered in 1881 during British rule by a tenant of Mian An-Wan-Udin , a police inspector .
The study of language began in India with Pāṇini , the 5th century BC grammarian who wrote about the 3,959 rules of Sanskrit morphology , which described the different kinds of vowels and consonants Sanskrit had , as well as verb and noun classes .