Arrange the following incidents in chronological order:

1- Alexander Cunningham published a set of Asokan inscriptions.
2- First issue of Epigraphia Carnatica.
3- James Prinsep deciphered Ashokan Brahmi
4- First issue of Epigraphia Indica.

3-1-2-4

The correct answer is Option 4: 3-1-2-4

(3)- 1838- Early scholars studying ancient inscriptions often mistakenly assumed them to be in Sanskrit, when in reality, they were written in Prakrit, an earlier vernacular language. It was only after years of meticulous investigations by several epigraphists that James Prinsep succeeded in deciphering Asokan Brahmi in 1838.
(1)- 1877- In 1877 Alexander Cunningham published a set of Asokan inscriptions.
(2)- 1886- First issue of Epigraphia Carnatica. It was a journal of South Indian inscriptions.
(4)- 1888- First issue of Epigraphia Indica.