Multiple choice

Who deciphered the Brahmi script of Ashoka's edicts?

  1. R.Samasastri

  2. William Jones

  3. Mortimer Wheeler

  4. James Prinsep
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Explanation

James Prinsep, a British scholar and antiquarian, deciphered the Brahmi script in 1837 by studying the inscriptions at Sarnath and comparing them with later Indo-Greek coin legends. His breakthrough allowed historians to read Ashoka's edicts and understand ancient Indian history. William Jones founded the Asiatic Society, R. Samasastri was an epigraphist, and Mortimer Wheeler was an archaeologist.

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