Sanskrit is one of the earliest known members of the Indo-European language family and is one of India's official languages. Sanskrit enjoys a reputation in Indian culture similar to that of Latin and Greek across Europe - that it is a scholarly language associated with intelligence and education. Sanskrit's expansive literary and religious traditions are observed most prominently in Hindu/Vedic. The first known Sanskrit text was the Rig-veda, part of Hinduism's early canon, the Vedas. A little know fact is that there are far more surviving Sanskrit texts than ancient Latin and Greek texts combined. Most of the surviving Sanskrit texts were written during the days of ancient and medieval India. Most higher vernacular forms of Indian languages, like Hindi, Gujarati and Bengali, exhibit a high degree of Sanskrit influence. Of all modern Indian languages, Bengali most retains its Sanskrit lexicon. Hindi, one of India's other major languages, especially in spoken form, has been more heavily influenced by the Arabic and Persian languages.