ИСТИНА

The process of movement of role clusters in the evolution of Indo-Aryan is shortly described in the paper. The authors' attention is directed to two main problems: a) what were the reasons for grouping of certain roles into corresponding clusters; b) what clusters of Old Indo-Aryan have been inherited and why by systems of New Indo-Aryan. Data from Vedic, Sanskrit, Pali, Apabhramsha, Gujarati, Rajasthani, Punjabi have served as basis for the analysis suggested.