Identify the correct statements about the 'Inscriptions':

(A) Routine agricultural practices and events of daily life are the subject-matter of inscriptions.
(B) Record the achievements, activities or ideas of those who commissioned them.
(C) Writings are engraved on hard surfaces such as stone, metal or pottery.
(D) The earliest inscriptions were in Prakrit.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(B), (C) and (D) only

The correct answer is Option (4) → (B), (C) and (D) only

(A) Routine agricultural practices and events of daily life are the subject-matter of inscriptions. (Incorrect). They usually record royal orders, donations, conquests, etc. 
(B) Record the achievements, activities or ideas of those who commissioned them. (Correct)
(C) Writings are engraved on hard surfaces such as stone, metal or pottery. (Correct)
(D) The earliest inscriptions were in Prakrit. (Correct)