alleryStart learning →Who first read Ashoka's edicts after deciphering Brahmi in 1838?
AJames Prinsep
BJohn Marshall
CR.D. Banerji
DMax Muller
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. James Prinsep
James Prinsep deciphered the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts in 1838, which let modern scholars read the rock and pillar edicts.
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