Practicing Success
In which year did James Prinsep decipher the Brahmi Script? |
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The foundation of most scripts used in modern Indian languages traces back to Brahmi, the script employed in Asokan inscriptions. In the late eighteenth century, European scholars collaborated with Indian pandits to conduct a reverse process, comparing contemporary Bengali and Devanagari manuscripts with older specimens. |