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Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?
1997Art & Culture
Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?
1997Art & Culture
ABrahmi
BNandnagari
CSharada
DKharosthi
Explanation
The Kharosthi script, which was written from right to left, was successfully decoded by James Prinsep (1799-1840) with the help of bilingual coins from the Indo-Greek era.