SSC Sample Paper SSC CHSL (10+2) Sample Test Paper-5

  • question_answer
    The Asokan Edicts were deciphered first by :

    A)  Sir John Marshall          

    B)  Sir William Jones

    C)  Charles Wllklns

    D)         James Prinsep  

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     James Princep was an English scholar and antiquary. From 1832 to 1838 he was assay-master in the India Government Mint, Kolkata. He is most noted as a philologist for fully deciphering and translating the rock edicts of Asoka from the Brahmi script.


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