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English: The Sanskrit language's geographic distribution spread with Buddhism and Hinduism across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia based on manuscripts, inscriptions, and regional literature.

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Sheldon Pollock, Ideology and Status of Sanskrit: Contributions to the History of the Sanskrit Language, Editor: Jan E. M. Houben, BRILL Academic, pages 217-222, (Pollock calls it the Sanskrit Cosmopolis in his publications)

M.I. Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya and Ahmad Hasan Dani, History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Motilal Banarsidass, pages 431-448 (see this for the 17th-century presence in Kazakhstan)

Friedrich Max Müller, On Sanskrit Texts Discovered in Japan, Oxford University Press

William S.-Y. Wang and Chaofen Sun, The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics, Oxford University Press, pages 6-19, 203-212, 236-245

Elisabetta Chiodo, The Mongolian Manuscripts on Birch Bark from Xarbuxyn Balgas in the Collection of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, u̇u̇khiĭn Khu̇rėėlėn (Mongolyn Shinzhlėkh Ukhaany Akademi), Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 14-15 with footnotes

Rewi Alley, Journey to Outer Mongolia: a diary with poems, Caxton Press, pages 27-28

Donald S. Lopez Jr. and Ha Nul Jun, Hyecho's Journey: The World of Buddhism, University of Chicago Press, pages 16-22, 33, 36-42

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