"If European scholars and historians are truthfully interested in the pursuit of knowledge, they will learn Marathi an…"

"Marathi is today the language of a conquered people which is why it is neglected so thoroughly. Had it been the langu…"

"The refined Marathi in which the literature of the past seven or eight centuries is written has become the object of …"

"Initially, the Fort William College and the American and Scottish Missions pioneered Marathi language development."

"During the period before printing was introduced the major part of written Marathi literature consisted of long poems…"

"Literature was communicated to the rest of the population through oral religio-cultural presentations. Marathi prose …"

"[Marathi] is a language less regular and less definite than English and being only a spoken language inconceivably le…"

"During the pre-printing era, Marathi was written in two scripts : Modi (Moorh) and Balbodh (Devnagri). Balbodh was ma…"

"As reading and writing were restricted to only high caste people who were either Sanskrit scholars, professional scri…"

"Descended from the Mahārāṣṭrī Prākrit, Marāṭhī has a significant literature. Books are printed in Devnāgrī script, wh…"