The Brahmins may have delayed the introduction of writing because
a. religious rituals depended on the performance of incantations.
b. oral tradition had survived so long that they did not have a written form of Sanskrit until much later.
c. they were trying to protect their status within society as the keepers of knowledge.
d. they were opposed to the introduction of foreign technology.
e. they didn't oppose writing; we just haven't translated it yet.
ANSWER:
c
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