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james national portrait gallery prinsep in medal cast c. 1840 from the 22 april 1840 london , england england journal of the asiatic society of bengal numismatics , philology , metallurgy and meteorology deciphering kharosthi and brahmi scripts 20 august 1799 james prinsep medal.jpg james prinsep
 james prinsep
james prinsep

james prinsep -lrb- 20 august 1799 -- 22 april 1840 -rrb- was an english scholar , orientalist and antiquary .
he was the founding editor of the journal of the asiatic society of bengal and is best remembered for deciphering the kharosthi and brahmi scripts of ancient india .
he studied , documented and illustrated many aspects of numismatics , metallurgy , meteorology apart from pursuing his career in india as an assay master at the mint in benares .
