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    Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?

    A)  Kharoshti         

    B)  Brahmi            

    C)  Pali                             

    D)  Prakrit

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    The Kharostiri script is an ancient script used by the ancient Gandhara culture of South Asia primarily in modem-day Afghanistan and Pakistan. Kharosthi is mostly written right to left (type A), but some inscriptions (type B) already show the left to right direction that was to become universal for the later South Asian scripts.


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