Languge in ancient Asia and the Americas : an introduction / Roger D. Woodard -- Sanskrit / Stephanie W. Jamison -- Middle Indic / Stephanie W. Jamison -- Old Tamil / Sanford B. Steever -- Old Persian / Rüdiger Schmitt -- Avestan / Mark Hale -- Pahlavi / Mark Hale -- Ancient Chinese / Alain Peyraube -- Mayan / Victoria R. Bricker -- Epi-Olmec (Zapotec appendix) / Terrence Kaufman and John Justeson -- Appendix 1. Reconstructed ancient languages / Don Ringe -- Appendix 2. Full tables of contents from The Cambridge encyclopedia of the world's ancient languages, and from the other volumes in the paperback series