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How is Sanskrit literature divided?

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The literature is divided into two main periods—the Vedic (c.1500-c.200 BC), when the Vedic form of Sanskrit generally prevailed, and the Sanskrit (c.200 BC-c.AD 1100), when classical Sanskrit (a development of Vedic) predominated.

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