▁master ed ▁the ▁P ali ▁alphabet , ▁including ▁its ▁several ▁vari eties ▁from ▁different ▁periods . ▁He ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁make ▁out ▁un famil iar ▁letters , ▁and ▁to ▁address ▁om issions ▁and ▁in acc ura cies ▁in ▁Prin sep ' s ▁copy . ▁He ▁finally ▁succeeded ▁making ▁a ▁completely ▁new ▁trans cript ▁of ▁the ▁Rud rad aman ▁ins cription , ▁which ▁greatly ▁im pressed ▁Colonel ▁Lang . ▁He ▁master ed ▁the ▁Bra h mi ▁script . ▁A . K . ▁For bes , ▁who ▁succeeded ▁Lang ▁as ▁the ▁Political ▁Agent , ▁introduced ▁Bh ag wan ▁L al ▁to ▁Bh au ▁D aj i , ▁a ▁ren owned ▁Bomb ay - based ▁scholar ▁of ▁India ▁anti qu ities . ▁ ▁Arch ae ology ▁career ▁▁ ▁Bh au ▁D aj i ▁commission ed ▁Bh aw an l al ▁to ▁prepare ▁fac sim iles ▁and ▁trans cript s ▁of ▁Gir nar ▁ins cri ptions . ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁D aj i ▁invited ▁Bh ag wan ▁L al ▁to ▁Bomb ay . ▁There , ▁he ▁introduced ▁him ▁to ▁H . ▁Newton , ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁A si atic ▁Society ' s ▁Bomb ay ▁branch . ▁Newton ▁was ▁writing ▁a ▁paper ▁on ▁Western ▁K sh at rap as , ▁and ▁some ▁K sh at rap a ▁co ins ▁brought ▁by ▁Bh ag wan ▁L al ▁greatly ▁interested ▁him . ▁Bh ag wan ▁L al ▁also ▁presented ▁his ▁trans cript s ▁of ▁Gir nar ' s ▁Rud rad aman ▁and ▁Sk