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The Ashokan pillar inscriptions of western India are written in this script. It is written from right to left. What is this script called?
The Ashokan pillar inscriptions of western India are written in this script. It is written from right to left. What is this script called?
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The correct option is C Kharosthi
- Kharosthi is the sister script and contemporary of Brahmi. It was written from right to left and was used in the Gandhara culture of North-Western India and is sometimes also called the Gandhari Script.
- The oldest examples of Kharosthi found in Gandhara are displayed on the Ashokan edicts, carved on rock pillars dated to the mid-3rd century BCE.
- Kharosthi is the sister script and contemporary of Brahmi. It was written from right to left and was used in the Gandhara culture of North-Western India and is sometimes also called the Gandhari Script.
- The oldest examples of Kharosthi found in Gandhara are displayed on the Ashokan edicts, carved on rock pillars dated to the mid-3rd century BCE.
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