Consider the following statements 1 The name by which Ashoka is referred on his inscription is priya...........

Ancient and Medival History Mauryan and Post Maurayan

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Consider the following statements:

1. The name by which Ashoka is referred on his inscription is priyadarshi.

2. Kharosthi script was written from right to left in ancient India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 Nor 2

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Explanation:

Kharosthi script (also known as 'Indo-Bactrian' script) was a writing system originally developed in present-day northern Pakistan, sometime between the 4th and 3rd century BCE. Kharosthi was employed to represent a form of Prakrit (Middle Indic), an Indo- Aryan language. Ashoka sometimes Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE. The grandson of the founder of the Maurya Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka promoted the spread of Buddhism across ancient Asia.