In order to explain the common features shared by Sanskrit and other Indo-European languages, many scholars have proposed the Indo-Aryan migration theory, asserting that the original speakers of what became Sanskrit arrived in what is now India and Pakistan from the north-west some time during the early second millennium BCE. Evidence for such a theory includes the close relationship between the Indo-Iranian tongues and the Baltic and Slavic languages, vocabulary exchange with the non-Indo-European Uralic languages, and the nature of the attested Indo-European words for flora and fauna. COUNT 5
QSN1 When is it thought that early speakers of Sanskrit came to India? ANS1 early second millennium BCE QSN2 What is the relationship between Indo-Iranian and Baltic languages? ANS2 close QSN3 From what direction did Sanskrit travel to come to India? ANS3 north-west QSN4 Sanskrit came from the north west and traveled to what present day countries? ANS4 India and Pakistan QSN5 What is the theory called dealing with the transfer of Sanskrit to India? ANS5 Indo-Aryan migration theory