Editing Aurel Stein (section)

==Early life==

Stein was born to Náthán Stein and Anna Hirschler, a Jewish couple residing in [[Budapest]] in the [[Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867)|Kingdom of Hungary]], [[Austrian Empire]]. His parents and his sister retained their Jewish faith but Stein and his brother, Ernst Eduard, were baptised as [[Lutheran]]s. At home the family spoke German and [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]],<ref>Colquhoun, A. R., & Colquhoun, E. M. C. (1914). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mptnAAAAMAAJ&q=The+Whirlpool+of+Europe%3A+Austria-Hungary+and+the+Habsburgs The whirlpool of Europe, Austria-Hungary and the Habsburgs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607150135/https://books.google.com/books?id=mptnAAAAMAAJ&q=The+Whirlpool+of+Europe:+Austria-Hungary+and+the+Habsburgs |date=7 June 2023 }}. New York: Dodd, Mead.</ref> Stein graduated from a secondary school in Budapest before going on for advanced study at Universities of [[University of Vienna|Vienna]], [[University of Leipzig|Leipzig]] and [[University of Tübingen|Tübingen]]. He graduated in [[Sanskrit]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] and received his PhD from Tübingen in 1883.{{sfnb|Mirsky|1977| p = [https://books.google.com/books?id=q3YKfArws2QC&q=Magyar 5–6]}}

In 1884, he went to England to study oriental languages and archaeology. In 1886, Stein met the Indologist and philologist [[Rudolf Hoernlé]] in Vienna at a conference of [[Oriental studies|Orientalists]], learning about an ancient mathematical manuscript discovered in Bakhshali ([[Peshawar]]).<ref name="sims">{{cite book|last=Sims-Williams|first=Ursula|title=Rudolf Hoernle and Sir Aurel Stein|year=2012|editor=Helen Wang|series=Sir Aurel Stein, Colleagues and Collections, British Museum Research Publication 184|publisher=British Library|location=London|isbn=978-086159-1848|url=https://research.britishmuseum.org/pdf/5_Sims-Williams%20(Hoernle).pdf}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1887 Stein went to India, where he joined the [[University of the Punjab]] as Registrar. Later, between 1888 and 1899, he was the Principal of [[Oriental College, Lahore]].<ref name="bio – British Academy" /> During this time, under his supervision Raghunath Temple Sanskrit Manuscript Library at Jammu was established which treasures 5000 rare manuscripts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Raghunath Temple Sanskrit Manuscript Library at Jammu|url=http://autarmota.blogspot.com/2021/08/aurel-stein-and-sri-raghunath-temple.html?m=1|publisher=Autarmota|access-date=19 August 2022|archive-date=20 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820055231/http://autarmota.blogspot.com/2021/08/aurel-stein-and-sri-raghunath-temple.html?m=1|url-status=live}}</ref>