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Sir M(arc) Aurel Stein ( 1862 - 1943), born in Budapest, was a Hungarian Jewish archaeologist who became a British citizen. He was also a professor at various Indian universities. Stein was inspired by Sven Hedin's work, Through Asia.Stein took part in three successful expeditions and one failed expedition in Central Asia.
The British Library's Stein collection of Chinese, Tibetan and Tangut manuscripts, Prakrit wooden tablets, and documents in Khotanese , Uighur, Sogdian and Eastern Turkic is the result of his travels through central Asia during the 1920s and 1930s. Stein discovered manuscripts in the previously lost Tocharian languages and recorded numerous archaeological sites especially in Iran and Baluchistan. Stein's greatest discovery was made at the " Cave of the Thousand Buddhas ," near DunhuangDunhuang ( Chinese: ) is a city located in an oasis in the Gansu province, China. Its population is 100,000. It is located near the historic junction of the northern and southern Silk Roads, and was therefore a town of military importance. For centuries B (Tun Huang). It was there that he discovered the Diamond SutraThe Diamond Sutra Vajracchedika-prajnpramit-sutra , "The Perfection of Wisdom Sutra that Cuts like a Thunderbolt," is a short Mahayana sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom genre, which teaches the practice of the avoidance of abiding in extremes of mental at, the world's oldest dated printed text, along with 40,000 other scrolls. In 1901Events January 1 World celebrates what is regarded as the start of the new century. Zero-ists' argument that new century should be celebrated in 1900 rejected worldwide). January 1 The six colonies that make up Australia are federated as under an act of t Stein was responsible for exposing forgeries of Islam AkhunIslam Akhun was an Uighur con-man who forged numerous Sino-Indian manuscripts on birch bark and passed then off as ancient Khotanese manuscripts. Through George Macartney and Nikolai Petrovsky, the British and Russian consuls in Kashgar, his works found t. During his expedition of 1906Events January 8 Landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 January 31 Earthquake in Ecuador (8. 6 in Richter scale) February 11 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos''. February 15 Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee in t- 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T while surveying in the Kunlun mountain range in western China, Stein suffered frostbite and lost several toes on his right foot.
The art objects he collected are divided between the British MuseumThe British Museum is one of the world's greatest and most famous museums. It was established in 1753 by Sir Hans Sloane, a physician and scientist who collected lots of literature and art, on its present site at Montague House in London, United Kingdom,, the British Library and the National Museum , New Delhi. His collection is important in the study of the history of Central Asia and the art and literature of Buddhism.
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Stein, Marc Aurel
Stein, Marc Aurel
Stein, Marc Aurel
