Which language was honoured as the state language?

Sanskrit was honored as the state language during the Gupta period, marking the golden age of Sanskrit literature. The Gupta patronage supported great Sanskrit poets and playwrights like Kalidasa, and Sanskrit became the language of administration, scholarship, and high culture. While Prakrit and Pali were used in Buddhist and Jain contexts, and Hindi developed much later, Sanskrit held the prestigious position as the official language of the imperial court and intellectual discourse.