{"id":2798,"date":"2024-03-05T15:38:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2024-03-05T15:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:38:20","slug":"who-was-the-first-to-have-successfully-read-the-ashokan-inscriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/who-was-the-first-to-have-successfully-read-the-ashokan-inscriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was the first to have successfully read the Ashokan inscriptions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n    <!-- Check if it's an AMP page -->\r\n            <!-- Non-AMP version -->\r\n        <div class=\"mcq-container\" data-quiz-id=\"quizState_6a97f5c37c96d\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option1\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Charles Wilkins                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option2\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Daya Ram Sahani                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option3\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Rakhal Das Banerjee                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option4\" data-is-correct=\"true\">\r\n                    James Prinsep                <\/div>\r\n                            \r\n            <!-- Feedback messages for non-AMP -->\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"wrong\">Answer is Right!<\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"right\">Answer is Wrong!<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <script>\r\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\r\n            var containers = document.querySelectorAll('.mcq-container');\r\n\r\n            containers.forEach(function(container) {\r\n                var options = container.querySelectorAll('.option');\r\n                var feedbackSelect = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"select\"]');\r\n                var feedbackWrong = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"wrong\"]');\r\n                var feedbackRight = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"right\"]');\r\n\r\n                options.forEach(function(option) {\r\n                    option.addEventListener('click', function() {\r\n                        var selectedOption = option.getAttribute('data-option-key');\r\n                        var isCorrect = option.getAttribute('data-is-correct') === 'true';\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Remove previous selections\r\n                        options.forEach(function(opt) {\r\n                            opt.classList.remove('correct', 'incorrect');\r\n                        });\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Add the correct\/incorrect class\r\n                        if (isCorrect) {\r\n                            option.classList.add('correct');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = false;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = true;\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            option.classList.add('incorrect');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = true;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = false;\r\n                        }\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Hide select feedback\r\n                        feedbackSelect.hidden = true;\r\n                    });\r\n                });\r\n            });\r\n        });\r\n        <\/script>\r\n    \r\n    <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is (d). James Prinsep was the first to have successfully read the Ashokan inscriptions.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Wilkins was a British linguist who was the first European to learn Sanskrit. 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He did not, however, succeed in reading the inscriptions on the pillars.<\/p>\n<p>Rakhal Das Banerjee was an Indian scholar who was interested in the history of India. He did not, however, succeed in reading the Ashokan inscriptions.<\/p>\n<p>James Prinsep was a British officer who served in the East India Company. He was also a linguist and an archaeologist. In 1837, he was able to decipher the Brahmi script, which was used to write the Ashokan inscriptions. This was a major breakthrough in the study of Indian history.<\/p>\n<p>The Ashokan inscriptions are a series of edicts that were issued by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE. The inscriptions are written in Brahmi script and are found on pillars, rocks, and caves throughout India. 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