Which of the following statements is correct?
Statement A- Brahmi script is used in most of the Asokan inscriptions.
Statement B- James Prinsep deciphered Asokan Brahmi in 1838.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option 3 - Both statements are correct.
Given statements :
Statement A- Brahmi script is used in most of the Asokan inscriptions.
Statement B- James Prinsep deciphered Asokan Brahmi in 1838.
Most scripts used to write modern Indian languages are derived from Brahmi, the script used in most Asokan inscriptions. It was only after decades of painstaking investigations by several epigraphists that James Prinsep was able to decipher Asokan Brahmi in 1838.