Ernst Waldschmidt was a German orientalist

Oriental studies

Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies...

 and Indologist. He was a pupil of German indologist Emil Sieg.

He taught at Berlin University and began teaching at the University of Göttingen in 1936. Waldschmidt joined the Nazi party in May 1937.

He was a specialist on Indian philosophy

Indian philosophy

India has a rich and diverse philosophical tradition dating back to ancient times. According to Radhakrishnan, the earlier Upanisads constitute "...the earliest philosophical compositions of the world."...

, and archaeology of India

India

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 and Central Asia

Central Asia

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He also founded Stiftung Ernst Waldschmidt.

Literary works

• Buddhistische Kunst in Indien, 1932
• Die buddhistische Spätantike in Mittelasien (the 7th Volume), 1933
• Gandhara, Kutscha, Turfan, 1925
• Die Überlieferung vom Lebensende des Buddha, 2 Vols., 1944-1948

External links

• http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/personal/galeria/waldschm.htm (pictures)
• http://www.indologie.uni-goettingen.de/cms/index.php?id=13