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The Ashokan inscriptions were first deciphered by

  1. Buhler

  2. James Prinsep

  3. Robert Sewell

  4. Codrington

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Explanation

James Prinsep, an officer in the mint of the East India Company, was the first to successfully decipher the Brahmi script used in Ashokan inscriptions in 1837.

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