@sarkar_swati Yes, it is very easy to read Bangla, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, if you have a strong hold on Sanskrit.
@sarkar_swati All Indian languages are very closely linked to each other, especially to Sanskrit. Learn a couple and the others become quite easy. There is a civilisational unity in India, and also a linguistic harmony. If you go with an open mind, learning a new Indian language is trivial.
@sarkar_swati Supposedly, Kashmiri is very *Persianised*. Funnily enough, I am finding a lot of Sanskrit words in it. And even more amusingly, you can use Sanskrit words and find that they are in the Kashmiri dictionary [in slightly different form] often. :)
@sarkar_swati If and when you get time, just try reading literary old Javanese [called Kawi কবি]. It has such an awesome amount of Sanskrit that you can follow large chunks of it without knowing a word of Javanese. Same, BTW, for Khmer, and Tibetan [all their dhaarmic terms are pure Sanskrit].
@sarkar_swati The cultural and linguistic harmony that Sanskrit engendered in the Indian subcontinent, central Asia, and south east Asia is something astonishing. One can go from one part to another and learn the new language in a matter of months. Even old Persian is not too hard. :)
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