alleryWho first read Ashoka's edicts in the modern era?
AJohn Marshall
BRomila Thapar
CVincent Smith
DJames Prinsep
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. James Prinsep
1. Ashoka's edicts were in Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts.
2. James Prinsep deciphered these scripts in 1838.
3. The other names are historians who worked on Indian history, not the first to read the edicts.
_Source: Wikipedia, Maurya Empire, Sources_
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