... entering into the ambit of Sanskrit culture. Whether these new-comers, the çakas (Indo-Scythians) in particular, initiated these processes12 introduction The Language of the Gods in the World ... discussed in detail in the intro-duction and various chapters of Pollock ed. 2003.lem of the political in southern Asian history and in some ways the deepestmeditation in all antiquity on the desperate ... Theory and Practice 10 The Vernacular in Theory and Practice 19Theory, Metatheory, Practice, Metapractice 30part 1. The Sanskrit CosmopolisChapter 1. The Language of the Gods Enters the World...