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The best examples of which script are found in the rock-cut edicts of Asoka?1. Grantha2. Brahmi3. Kadamba4. Sharada

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Brahmi

The correct answer is Brahmi.

  • The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of more than thirty inscriptions on the pillars, as well as boulders and cave walls.
  • The edicts describe in detail Ashoka's view about dhamma, an earnest attempt to solve some of the problems that a complex society faced.
  • These edicts were deciphered by British archaeologist and historian James Prinsep.
  • These inscriptions proclaim Ashoka's adherence to the Buddhist philosophy which, as in Hinduism, is called dharma, "Law".

  • The inscriptions of Ashoka are found with the following scripts:
    • Magadhi Prakrit using Brahmi Script - in the central and eastern part of India
    • Prakrit using Kharoshti script - in north and northwest
    • Greek and Aramaic - in northwest India

 

Ashokan inscriptions are classified as below:

  • Major Rock Edicts: 14 Edicts and 2 separate ones found in Odisha; in Prakrit and Greek. 
  • Major Pillar Edicts: 7 Edicts, inscribed at the end of Ashoka's reign; in Prakrit.
  • Minor Rock Edicts: Edicts inscribed at the beginning of Ashoka's reign; in Prakrit, Greek and Aramaic.
  • Minor Pillar Edicts: Schism Edict, Queen's Edict, Rummindei Edict, Nigali Sagar Edict; in Prakrit.


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