Question

What are inscriptions?

• A. These are handwritten records of the past and are in the form of books
• B. These are written records engraved on the stones or pillars
• C. These are written records engraved on the walls of caves
• D. Both B and C

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Both B and C

Inscriptions are written records engraved on the stones, pillars or walls of caves. The earliest deciphered epigraphic inscriptions of significant length are the Edicts of Ashoka of the 3rd century BCE, written in forms of Prakrit in the Brahmi script. The vast majority of Indian inscriptions are found in South India, written on plates of copper, the stone walls of temples, or stone monuments.