Oskar von Hinüber, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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German indologist and university teacher
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Place of Birth: Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Oskar von Hinüber
- Oskar von Hinüber (born 18 February 1939 in Hanover) is a German Indologist.
- From 1960 to 1966 he studied at University of Tübingen, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg and University of Mainz, receiving his Ph.D.
- in 1966.
- From 1965 to 1981 von Hinüber served as Assistant and then Associate Professor at Mainz and from 1981 was Professor of Indology at University of Freiburg.
- He retired from service in March, 2006.Von Hinüber's special interests are Pali, Sanskrit, and Middle Indo-Aryan language, the history of technology in South Asia, inscriptions of the Northwest, and manuscripts and manuscript traditions in South and Southeast Asia.
- Among his many publications, the Handbook of Pali Literature is especially indicative of his comprehensive learning and scholarly authority.
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