Tokharian
Americannoun
noun
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The literature of the Tokharian, so far as it has been brought to light, consists mainly of translations from the Sanskrit sacred writings, and dates from the seventh century of our era.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
The most interesting of these is the Prakrit version found in the neighbourhood of Khotan, but fragments in Tokharian and Sanskrit have also been discovered.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
He also identifies them with the red-haired, blue-eyed people of the Chotscho frescoes and the speakers of the Tokharian language.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
In Turkestan the newly discovered Tokharian language, an Aryan tongue of the western division, seems to have persisted down to the ninth century.
From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Stoddard, Lothrop
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