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Consider the following statements

The Shankhalipi Script was discovered by English scholar James Prinsep.
The inscriptions with Shankhalipi Script are found only in northern India.

Select the correct statement.

1 only

2 only

Both

None

Explanation:

Shankhalipi Script, also called “shell-script” , is found in inscriptions across north-central India and dates to between the 4th and 8th centuries.

Both Shankhalipi and Brahmi are stylised scripts used primarily for names and signatures.
The inscriptions consist of a small number of characters, suggesting that the shell inscriptions are names or auspicious symbols or a combination of the two.
It was discovered in 1836 on a brass trident in Uttarakhand’s Barahat by English scholar James Prinsep.
Prominent sites with shell inscriptions: Mundeshwari Temple (Bihar), the Udayagiri Caves (Madhya Pradesh), Mansar (Maharashtra) and some of the cave sites of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
These inscriptions are also reported in Indonesia’s Java and Borneo.

Hence only statement 1st is correct.

By: Shubham Tiwari

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