UPSC CSE Prelims 2014
Kannada and Telugu were declared Classical Languages by the Government of India in 2008. The criteria for designating a language as classical typically include a high antiquity of its early texts (1500-2000 years), a significant body of ancient literature considered a valuable heritage, and an original literary tradition not borrowed from another speech community.
Gujarati has not been accorded the status of a Classical Language by the Government of India. As of 2014 (the year of the question), six languages had been granted Classical Language status: Tamil (2004), Sanskrit (2005), Kannada (2008), Telugu (2008), Malayalam (2013), and Odia (2014).