Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Kings, Farmers and Towns

Question:
Who among the following was the first person to decipher Brahmi and Kharosthi script?
Options:
James Prinsep
Ernest Mackey
R.E.M. Wheeler
John Marshall
Correct Answer:
James Prinsep
Explanation:
Some of the most momentous developments in Indian epigraphy took place in the 1830s. This was when James Prinsep, an officer in the mint of the East India Company, deciphered Brahmi and Kharosthi, two scripts used in the earliest inscriptions and coins.