Practice mode Ancient India

Who deciphered the Brahmi script of Ashoka’s inscriptions in 1837?

Correct answer C. James Prinsep

Explanation

James Prinsep, an official of the East India Company mint, deciphered Brahmi in 1837, enabling scholars to read Ashoka's edicts for the first time in modern times.

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