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UGC NET December 2011 History
In which of the following Ashokan inscriptions was the Brahmi script not used?
ASarnath
BShahbazgarhi ✓ Correct
CDhauli
DNone of the above
Correct answer: (B) Shahbazgarhi — The Shahbazgarhi inscription did not use Brahmi, so the answer is Shahbazgarhi.
Explanation
★The Shahbazgarhi inscription did not use Brahmi, so the answer is Shahbazgarhi.
★Along with Mansehra in the north-west, Shahbazgarhi was engraved in the Kharoshthi script, written right to left.
★Both these sites lie in the north-west, in present-day Pakistan, where Kharoshthi was current.
★The Dhauli inscription in Odisha and the Sarnath pillar were written in Brahmi.
★Most of Ashoka's edicts across India used Brahmi, the parent of later Indian scripts.
★The use of two scripts shows how Ashoka adapted his message to regional writing habits.
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