▁May ▁ 1 8 6 4 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 5 , ▁Bh ag wan ▁L al ▁set ▁out ▁on ▁a ▁year - long ▁expedition ▁to ▁visit ▁ ▁Ban ar as , ▁Bod h ▁G aya , ▁Bar ab ar , ▁Nag ar j uni ▁c aves ▁in ▁Bi har , ▁H ath ig um pha ▁c aves , ▁D ha uli , ▁j aug ada ▁at ▁Or issa ▁and ▁various ▁ ▁ancient ▁ ▁shr ines , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁personally ▁examine ▁the ▁old ▁ins cri ptions ▁and ▁architecture . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 8 , ▁Bh ag wan ▁L al ▁set ▁out ▁on ▁a ▁year - long ▁expedition ▁to ▁visit ▁the ▁ancient ▁H indu ▁shr ines , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁examine ▁the ▁old ▁ins cri ptions . ▁He ▁first ▁visited ▁Nag pur ▁and ▁J ab al pur , ▁before ▁sp ending ▁five ▁days ▁in ▁Al la hab ad . ▁ ▁There , ▁he ▁made ▁a ▁trans cript ▁of ▁a ▁Sam ud rag upt a ▁ins cription , ▁and ▁sent ▁it ▁to ▁Bh au ▁D aj i . ▁This ▁new ▁trans cript ▁revealed ▁new ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁king ' s ▁contempor aries . ▁Next , ▁Bh ag wan ▁L al ▁visited ▁Ban ar as , ▁Bh it ari , ▁Math ura ▁and ▁Del hi . ▁In ▁Math ura , ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 9 , ▁he ▁exc av ated ▁the ▁Math ura ▁l ion ▁capital . ▁He ▁discovered ▁' K am bo j ika ' ▁( a