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The script used in inscriptions in the northwest, known as Kharosthi, was deciphered how? |
The study of ancient manuscripts Comparison of coins belonging to Indo-Greek kings Epigraphists' analysis of temple inscriptions The translation of sacred texts |
Comparison of coins belonging to Indo-Greek kings |
The process of deciphering Kharosthi, the script used in inscriptions in the northwest, followed a different path compared to other scripts. The key to this decipherment lay in the finds of coins belonging to the Indo-Greek kings who ruled the region during the second-first centuries BCE. These coins featured the names of kings written in both Greek and Kharosthi scripts. |