UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 7

Brahmi Script Brahmi is the mother script of most of the present Indian scripts including Devanagari , Bengali , Tamil , and Malayalam , etc. Hence, Statement 3 is correct.
It developed into two broad types in Northern and Southern India.
More angular in Northern India More circular .in Southern India It was deciphered in 1937 by James Princep . Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
Example:
Rock-cut edicts of Asoka.
Kharosthi Script
It is the contemporary script of Brahmi .
It was written from right to left.
Indo-Greek coins contain the names of kings written in Greek and Kharosthi scripts .
It was used in the Gandhara culture of North-Western India.
It is also called the Gandhari Script.
Hence, Statement 2 is incorrect.
Its inscriptions have been found in the form of Buddhist Texts from present clay Afghanistan and Pakistan.