Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c32.s1.61

c32.s1.61

15. Megasthenes himself says that there were registers kept on the roads to find out distances and there were mile-stones. The Jātakas mention written tablets; seals, and inscriptions of Aśoka prove writing to have existed and been largely employed in the Maurya times. Could writing suddenly appear with Alexander? Aśoka two generations later publishing his inscriptions all over India (unless to be read by Greeks and explained to Indians!) and his father Bindusāra writing to the Greek king disprove the utterly untenable assertion.