Arrange the following events in a chronological order:
A. D.C. Sircar publishes Indian Epigraphy.
B. First issue of Epigraphia of Carnatica
C. Founding of the Asiatic Society Bengal
D. Decipherment of Asokan Brahmi by James Prinsep
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → C, D, B, A
(C) Founding of the Asiatic Society Bengal — 1784. The Asiatic Society (Bengal) began the systematic study of Indian inscriptions and texts in the eighteenth century.
(D) Decipherment of Asokan Brahmi by James Prinsep — 1838. James Prinsep, an officer in the mint of the East India Company, deciphered Brahmi and Kharosthi, and found that most inscriptions mentioned a king called Piyadassi.
(B) First issue of Epigraphia of Carnatica — 1886. Epigraphia Carnatica was a journal of south Indian inscriptions; the journal Epigraphia Indica followed in 1888.
(A) D.C. Sircar publishes Indian Epigraphy — 1965-66. In the twentieth century D.C. Sircar published Indian Epigraphy and Indian Epigraphical Glossary.
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