Paṇini (4th century BCE or “6th to 5th century BCE”) was an ancient Sanskrit grammarian, and a revered scholar in ancient India. Considered the father of linguistics, Paṇini likely lived in the northwest Indian subcontinent during the Mahajanapada era. Hence statement 1 is not correct. He is said to have been born in Shalatula of ancient Gandhara, a small town at the junction of the Indus and Kabul rivers, Pakistan. Pāṇini is known for his text Ashtadhyayi, a sutra-style treatise on Sanskrit grammar,3,959 “verses” or rules on linguistics syntax and semantics “eight chapters” which is the foundational text of the Vyākaraṇa branch of the Vedanga. Ashtadhyayi is admired for its simplicity and its rigorous and consistent use of meta language.