Ashoka’s inscriptions was written in which of these scripts? [A] Gurmukhi [B] Devanagiri [C] Brahmi [D] Sanskrit
The correct answer is Brahmi. The most famous Mauryan ruler was Ashoka. He was the first ruler who tried to take his message to the people through inscriptions. Most of Ashoka’s inscriptions were in Prakrit and were written in the Brahmi script. Prakrit inscriptions were written in Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts, which even a commoner could read and understand.