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Indo-Aryan Languages
This article presents the historical development of the Indo-Aryan family of languages, one of the major language families of the world. These languages, spoken in the northern half of the Indian subcontinent and in Sri Lanka, are direct descendants of Sanskrit.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/133...
Bangani
Collection of links to linguistic discussions about Bangani, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the lower Himalayas (India). Bangani has some features in common with the "kentum" (Western European, Greek and Tokharian) rather than the "satem" (Balto-Slavic and Indo-Iranian) branches of the Indo-European family.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pehook/bang...
Hindi-Urdu FAQ
Similarities, differences, origins, and political status of the two languages.
http://www.geocities.com/sikmirza/arabic/h...
Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL)
Information processing tools to facilitate human-machine interaction in Indian languages.
http://tdil.mit.gov.in/
Scripts of All of Asia
Comprehensive site on scripts descendent from ancient Brahmi script.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/95...
Multilingual Knowledge Representation Initiative (MUKRI)
Suite of products written in Java for Indian language computing.
http://www.mukri.com
Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate
Outlines the case against the theory of the 'Aryan Invasion', and discusses the contemporary political implications of the theory. Online version of a book by Koenraad Elst.
http://www.bharatvani.org/books/ait/
About Hindi-Urdu
Discusses the history of these two speech forms, essentially considering them as versions of the same language.
http://sasw.chass.ncsu.edu/fl/faculty/taj/...
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2006