, ▁in ▁Jun ag ad h . ▁He ▁obtained ▁his ▁primary ▁education ▁in ▁Jun ag ad h , ▁and ▁lear nt ▁S ansk rit ▁from ▁his ▁father , ▁a ▁Pr ash n ora ▁Nag ar ▁Bra h min . ▁ ▁In iti ation ▁into ▁arch ae ology ▁▁ ▁As ▁a ▁te en ager , ▁Bh ag wan ▁L al ▁frequ ented ▁Gir nar , ▁which ▁had ▁several ▁rocks ▁with ▁ins cri ptions ▁in ▁the ▁Bra h mi ▁script . ▁Colonel ▁Lang , ▁the ▁Political ▁Agent ▁of ▁Kath ia war ▁took ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁interest ▁in ▁these ▁ins cri ptions . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 4 , ▁he ▁handed ▁over ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁James ▁Prin sep ' s ▁paper ▁containing ▁P ali ▁Bra h mi ▁alphabet ▁to ▁Man ish ank ar ▁J at ash ank ar , ▁a ▁local ▁scholar . ▁J at ash ank ar ▁shared ▁it ▁with ▁Bh ag wan ▁L al , ▁who ▁made ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁his ▁own . ▁Using ▁this ▁copy , ▁Bh ag wan ▁L al ▁tried ▁to ▁de ci pher ▁the ▁Rud rad aman ▁I ▁ins cription ▁on ▁a ▁Gir nar ▁rock . ▁He ▁could ▁not ▁understand ▁the ▁comp ound ▁letters ▁and ▁the ▁mat ras . ▁So , ▁he ▁wrote ▁to ▁a ▁friend ▁in ▁Bomb ay , ▁request ing ▁research ▁material ▁related ▁to ▁Gir nar ▁rock ▁ins cri ptions . ▁In ▁response , ▁he ▁received ▁several ▁journ als ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁A si atic ▁Society ' s ▁Bomb ay ▁branch . ▁Using ▁this ▁material , ▁he