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Consider the following statements about Ashoka:
1. The Kalinga war and his remorse are described in his Rock Edict XIII.
2. All his inscriptions were written only in the Brahmi script.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1. The Kalinga war and his remorse are described in his Rock Edict XIII.
2. All his inscriptions were written only in the Brahmi script.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A. 1 only
- B. 2 only
- C. Both 1 and 2
- D. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (A) 1 only
Statement 1 is correct: Rock Edict XIII records the conquest of Kalinga and the king's sorrow at the suffering it caused. Statement 2 is wrong: although most edicts use Brahmi, the north-western ones at Shahbazgarhi and Mansehra use Kharosthi, and some in Afghanistan use Greek and Aramaic. The trap is assuming one script for such a vast empire.
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