Non-literary sources such as archaeology, epigraphy, and numismatics are also useful for reconstructing his reign. Bandyopadhyay's first major independent professional work was in the fields of palaeography and epigraphy. It is investigated with a multi-faceted approach using philology, linguistics, epigraphy, and religion. He pioneered epigraphy, the study of inscriptions in material artifacts. It forms an authoritative source for documenting the surviving epigraphy of classical antiquity. For Punic, Coptic, and Aramaic or Syriac, a significant amount of epigraphy or literature survives. In Roman Republican literature and epigraphy, an imperator was a magistrate with imperium. It represents a turning point in the history of Sanskrit epigraphy, states Salomon. The term "mlk" in Punic epigraphy was given a re-interpretation by Otto Eissfeldt in 1935. Sinology has broadened in modern times to include Chinese history, epigraphy and other subjects. Sinology has broadened in modern times to include Chinese history, epigraphy, and other subjects. Menasce was a leader in investigating the epigraphy of the Sasanian Empire. The museum also holds a collection of important early Christian epigraphy. Often, epigraphy and history are competences practised by the same person. He studied Epigraphy and Archaeology in Chennai.