The inscriptions of Ashoka and Kharavela were primarily written in which of the following languages?
Prakrit
The edicts of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka were mostly composed in Prakrit, written largely in the Brahmi script (and Kharosthi in the north-west).
Similarly, the Hathigumpha inscription of King Kharavela of Kalinga was also written in Prakrit using the Brahmi script.
Prakrit was the common spoken language of the people, so rulers used it to make their proclamations widely understood, whereas Sanskrit came into wider inscriptional use only in later periods.
Hence, these inscriptions were primarily written in Prakrit.
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(a) Stone inscriptions
(b) Copper plates
(c) Leaf inscriptions
(d) Pillar inscriptions
Select the correct answer -
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1) It was predominantly a secular civilization and the religious element, though present, did not dominate the scene.
2) During this period, cotton was used for manufacturing textiles in India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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