History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET December 2023 History
Brahmi is an ancient:
AGod
BScript ✓ Correct
CLanguage
DVillage name
Correct answer: (B) Script — The answer is that Brahmi is an ancient script of India.
Explanation
★The answer is that Brahmi is an ancient script of India.
★Its oldest examples survive in the inscriptions of Ashoka.
★It is written from left to right.
★Many later Asian scripts developed from it.
★In 1837 James Prinsep first deciphered Ashoka's Brahmi inscriptions.
★It is a script, not a language, deity or place, so the other options are wrong.
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