HISTORY
THE FIRST ONE
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Alexander Cunningham
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James Princep
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Mortimer Wheeler
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Max Muller
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Detailed explanation-1: -The inscriptions of Asoka were first deciphered by Alexander Cunningham. 2. The Brahmi script was employed for writing. 3.
Detailed explanation-2: -The inscriptions found in the central and eastern part of India were written in Magadhi Prakrit using the Brahmi script, while Prakrit using the Kharoshthi script, Greek and Aramaic were used in the northwest. These edicts were deciphered by British archaeologist and historian James Prinsep.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ashokan Inscriptions (Rock Edicts) James Prinsep, a British antiquary and colonial administrator was the first person to decipher Ashoka’s edicts. These Ashoka’s inscriptions are the first tangible evidence of Buddhism.
Detailed explanation-4: -James Prinsep was one of them; he was the first European scholar to decipher the Ashokan inscriptions of the Mauryan period.