Arrange the following major advances in Indian Epigraphy in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the most recent.
(A) Alexander Cunningham published a set of Ashokan inscriptions
(B) James Prinsep deciphers Ashokan Brahmi
(C) First issue of Epigraphia Indica
(D) First issue of Epigraphia Carnatica
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (B), (A), (D), (C)
Each advance is placed by its year.
(B) James Prinsep deciphers Ashokan Brahmi — 1838. Prinsep, an officer of the mint in Calcutta, read the Brahmi script, which opened Ashoka’s inscriptions to study.
(A) Alexander Cunningham published a set of Ashokan inscriptions — 1877, in the first volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum.
(D) First issue of Epigraphia Carnatica — 1886, a series of the inscriptions of the Mysore region.
(C) First issue of Epigraphia Indica — 1888, the journal of the Archaeological Survey of India for publishing inscriptions.