Monumental inscriptions provide memorials for the dead by being carved into gravestones, memorial plaques, and other structures. They are placed there by family members or communities to honor the deceased and provide information about their lives and deaths, such as dates. Some of the oldest inscriptions include the Edicts of Ashoka from the 3rd century BCE, which were written in an early form of an Indian language in the Brahmi script. The inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka are also among the earliest deciphered examples.

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2. Inscriptions
A monumental inscription is an inscription, typically carved in stone, on a grave marker, cenotaph,
memorial plaque, church monument or other memorial.The purpose of monumental inscriptions is to
serve as memorials to the dead. Those on gravestones are normally placed there by members of the
deceased’s family. Those on memorial plaques inside a religious building are normally placed there by
the wider community. The graves of those killed in wars and other armed conflicts are often placed
together in military cemeteries in the country where the conflict took place; they are also remembered
on war memorials in their own country.Monumental inscriptions are important to genealogists and
family historians, providing information on the subjects life and death, including dates. Family
connections can sometimes be resolved as members of the same family may be together.

3. Some of the oldest inscriptions -
 The earliest deciphered epigraphic inscriptions are the Edicts of Ashoka of the 3rd century BCE,
written in forms of Prakrit in the Brahmi script. The inscriptions and edicts of Asoka refer to a
collection of 33 inscriptions on the Pillars of Asoka

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