General Knowledge - Indian History - Discussion

The Iranian scribes brought into India a form of writing which came to be known as the " Kharosthi".there time period 588-500BC, but Greece ruler Alexander comes India in 326BC.

Then, how the ans is "Greece?

It should be Iran as Kharoshti was formed after the invasion by Achaemenid empire of India.

Kharoshti is the script of the Urdu language. Such as devnagri is the script of the Hindi language.

No, the use of the Kharosthi script in ancient India is not due to contact with Greece, but rather due to contact with Persia (Iran).

However, Greek influence in India did lead to:

Greek-style art (e.g., Gandhara School of Art)
Greek script influence on coins and inscriptions during Indo-Greek rule
Spread of Hellenistic culture after Alexander the Great’s invasion
But the Kharosthi script specifically came from Aramaic, which was used in the Persian Empire, not Greek.

It was generated from Central Asia which includes many countries, so only Iran may not be the right choice.

I guess the correct answer is Afghanistan.

The Kharoshti script was deciphered by James Prinsep (1799-1840) using the bilingual coins of the Indo-Greek Kingdom. This in turn, led to the reading of the Edicts of Ashoka, some of which, from the northwest of South Asia, were written in the Kharoshti script.

I think Iran is the right answer as Kharoshti is the script used in modern parts of Iran (Pakistan and Afghanistan).

According to NCERT and Lucent GK.The answer is Iran.

I think it should be a CENTRAL ASIA.