Bandyopadhyay's first major independent professional work was in the fields of palaeography and epigraphy. Critical treatment of the sources requires palaeography, diplomatics, and criticism. Epigraphy overlaps other competences such as numismatics or palaeography. He is considered the founder of the disciplines of palaeography and diplomatics. Cruxes are studied in palaeography, textual criticism, bibliography, and literary scholarship. His influential outline of Slavonic palaeography was published in 1885. This successful decipherment inaugurated the study of Indian palaeography. Exposing modern pseudepigrapha is part of the fields of palaeography and papyrology, amongst others. As with all manuscripts dated solely by palaeography, the dating of formula 1 is uncertain. The study of the writing in surviving manuscripts, the "hand", is termed palaeography. He also provided information critical to Slavonic palaeography with his book. The study of ancient handwriting, usually in ink, is a separate field, palaeography. In palaeography, a minim is a short, vertical stroke used in handwriting. Based on the palaeography and Rock-cut architecture, P.R. Srinivasan has placed it at 8th century. Nearly all of Lowe's palaeography teaching occurred at the latter institution.