Hungarian (birth) / British (naturalised) from 1904
Alma mater
University of Tübingen
Scientific career
Fields
Archaeology
Sir Marc Aurel Stein, KCIE, FRAS, FBA[1]
(Hungarian: Stein Márk Aurél; 26 November 1862 – 26 October 1943) was a Hungarian-born British archaeologist, primarily known for his explorations and archaeological discoveries in Central Asia. He was also a professor at Indian universities.
Stein was also an ethnographer, geographer, linguist and surveyor. His collection of books and manuscripts bought from Dunhuang caves is important for the study of the history of Central Asia and the art and literature of Buddhism. He wrote several volumes on his expeditions and discoveries which include Ancient Khotan, Serindia and Innermost Asia.
^Gray, Basil (19 February 1944). "Obituary, Sir Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E., F.B.A". Nature. 153 (3877): 216–217. doi:10.1038/153216a0.
Sir Marc AurelStein, KCIE, FRAS, FBA (Hungarian: Stein Márk Aurél; 26 November 1862 – 26 October 1943) was a Hungarian-born British archaeologist, primarily...
resulted in Lop Nur drying up may be the reason why Loulan had perished. AurelStein made further excavations in 1906 and 1914 around the old lake of Lop...
reliefs, and paper documents from a site known locally as Dandān-Uiliq, AurelStein set off in the footsteps of Hedin, accompanied by two of his guides and...
of Tibet. AurelStein was the first archaeologist to study the ruins at Miran systematically. The fort was first visited briefly by Stein on December...
to be deduced from his own writing, a major scholar of which is Mark AurelStein. Kalhana was born in a Hindu Brahmin family to a Kashmiri minister, Chanpaka...
European explorers, such as AurelStein and Paul Pelliot. Knowing that the Dunhuang manuscripts were priceless treasures, Stein and Pelliot swindled Wang...
Dunhuang manuscripts in 1900 by Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu and sold to AurelStein in 1907. They are dated back to 11 May 868. It is, in the words of the...
Hungarian-born British archaeologist AurelStein who was on an archaeological expedition in the area in 1907. Stein negotiated with Wang to allow him to...
which distinguished them thousands of years ago." Historian Sir Marc AurelStein identified the modern Khakha Rajputs of Azad Kashmir as the descendants...
which we have any knowledge was obtained by the archaeological explorer AurelStein; a fragment from an ancient settlement near Hotan, which was buried by...
province — Herodotus, The Histories, Book III, Chapter 91, Section 4 AurelStein described Afridis with lighter and fair features, similar to their Dardic...
survived into the 21st century. It is spoken by the Yaghnobi people. AurelStein discovered 5 letters written in Sogdian known as the "Ancient Letters"...
in 1876.[citation needed] He served as its vice principal from 1861. AurelStein, the noted Hungarian-British archaeologist, was principal from 1888 to...
influences. Its treasures and dangers have been vividly described by AurelStein, Sven Hedin, Albert von Le Coq, and Paul Pelliot. Mummies, some 4000...
Genealogical History. McFarland. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-0-7864-7684-8. Mark AurelStein; Sir AurelStein (1907). Ancient Khotan: Detailed Report of Archaeological Explorations...
excavated by AurelStein in 1917, during his third expedition, and several thousand Tangut manuscript fragments recovered by Stein are in the Stein Collection...
the collections kept growing. Emil Torday collected in Central Africa, AurelStein in Central Asia, D. G. Hogarth, Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence excavated...
are scarce. A late 19th century account by the British archaeologist AurelStein describes the temple's walls as intact to a height of approximately 20...
played a major role in the fall of the Western Jin dynasty in 316 CE. AurelStein discovered 5 letters written in Sogdian known as the "Ancient Letters"...
study. He would also later sell numerous manuscripts to archaeologist AurelStein, who took a largely random selection of the works. Later, Paul Pelliot...
Teachings of Mani, the Awakened One of Light, rediscovered at Dunhuang by AurelStein (1862–1943); in this text Mani is interpreted as an incarnation of Laozi...
the Shaolin Monastery—and Bodhidharma—founder of Chan/Zen Buddhism. AurelStein discovered 5 letters written in Sogdian known as the "Ancient Letters"...
crossed from the Wakhan to China between 1602 and 1606. In May 1906, Sir AurelStein explored the Wakhan and reported that at that time, 100 pony loads of...
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