The Ashokan inscriptions on the Allahabad Pillar (along with inscriptions elsewhere) was pivotal to the decipherment of the Brahmi script by The Asiatic Society's James Prinsep.
It led to the rediscovery of the Mauryan emperor and the unearthing of the full extent of his empire.

The inscription is engraved in continuous lines around the column in Brahmi and contains the same six edicts that can be seen on the other pillars.
The surviving inscriptions from the Ashoka period are "uniform in size, neat and deeply engraved" observed Cunningham.
The Ashokan inscriptions on the Allahabad Pillar (along with inscriptions elsewhere) was pivotal to the decipherment of the Brahmi script by The Asiatic Society's James Prinsep. It led to the rediscovery of the Mauryan emperor and the unearthing of the full extent of his empire.
The inscription is engraved in continuous lines around the column in Brahmi and contains the same six edicts that can be seen on the other pillars. The surviving inscriptions from the Ashoka period are "uniform in size, neat and deeply engraved" observed Cunningham.
Allahabad pillar