Multiple choice

Who deciphered the Brahmi script?

  1. John F.Fleet

  2. James Princep

  3. Alexander Cunningham

  4. John Marshall

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Explanation

James Princep deciphered Brahmi script in 1837, reading the Edicts of Ashoka and unlocking ancient Indian history. He correctly identified the script as Brahmi and correlated it with early Prakrit languages. John Fleet, Alexander Cunningham, and John Marshall were later archaeologists and epigraphists who built on Princep's pioneering work.

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