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ASanskrit
BBengali
CPrakrit
DPersian
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Prakrit
1. Asoka spoke to his people in an everyday tongue.
2. Most Asokan inscriptions were in the Prakrit language.
3. Most of those were written in the Brahmi script.
_Source: syllabus History, Theme 2 'Kings, Farmers and Towns' (lehs102)_
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