Who of the following had first deciphered the edicts of Emperor Ashoka ........

Ancient and Medival History Mauryan and Post Maurayan

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Who of the following had first deciphered the edicts of Emperor Ashoka?

Georg Bilhler

James Prinsep

Max Muller

William Jones

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Explanation:

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It was only after decades of painstaking investigations by several epigraphists that James Prinsep was able to decipher Asokan Brahmi in 1838. He found that most of these mentioned a king referred to as Piyadassi – meaning “pleasant to behold”; there were a few inscriptions which also
referred to the king as Asoka, one of the most famous rulers known from Buddhist texts.