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'''Annette Schmiedchen''' is a German author, scholar of [[Sanskrit]] [[epigraphy]], [[indologist]], a researcher at the [[Humboldt University of Berlin]] and a member of faculty of [[Indology]] at [[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg]].<ref name="Oceanides">{{cite web | url=http://oceanides-association.org/en/wp-content/files_mf/bio_en_schmiedchen.pdf | title=Oceanides | publisher=Oceanides | date=2015 | access-date=March 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="German Embassy">{{cite web | url=http://www.india.diplo.de/Vertretung/indien/en/__pr/Culture__News/Padma-Award.html | title=German Embassy | publisher=German Embassy | date=2015 | access-date=March 9, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310141931/http://www.india.diplo.de/Vertretung/indien/en/__pr/Culture__News/Padma-Award.html | archive-date=March 10, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> She is the author of several articles on [[Indian Culture|Indian heritage and Culture]]<ref name="Oceanides" /> and the book, ''Herrschergenealogie und Religioses Patronat: Die Inschriftenkultur der [[Rastrakutas]], [[Silaharas]] und [[Yadavas]]'', the 17th book released under the series, Gonda Indological Studies by [[Brill Publishers]].<ref name="Herrschergenealogie und Religioses Patronat: Die Inschriftenkultur der Rarakuas, Silaharas und Yadavas">{{cite book | title=Herrschergenealogie und Religioses Patronat: Die Inschriftenkultur der Rastrakutas, Silaharas und Yadavas | publisher=Brill Academic Publishers | author=Annette Schmiedchen | date=14 April 2014 | pages=562 | isbn=978-9004250710}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured her in 2015 with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=February 16, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6VrWjEuo3?url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |archive-date=January 26, 2015 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Annette Schmiedchen, born in Germany in 1966,<ref name="German Embassy" /> did her studies on Indian History and Indology at the [[Humboldt University of Berlin]] and later at the [[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg]].<ref name="Oceanides" /> She obtained her doctoral degree from [[Humboldt University of Berlin]] in 1994<ref name="Edubilla">{{cite web | url=http://www.edubilla.com/award/padma-shri/annette-schmiedchen/ | title=Edubilla | publisher=Edubilla | date=2015 | access-date=March 9, 2015}}</ref> on the thesis, ''Grants of Villages, Land, and Money in Favour of Buddhist Monasteries in Northern India from the 5th to the 8th Centuries'' after which she submitted a [[Habilitation thesis]] on ''Epigraphical Culture and Regional Tradition in Early Medieval Maharashtra: Legitimizing Political Power and Official Religious Patronage under the Royal Dynasties of the [[Rastrakutas]], [[Silaharas]], and [[Yadavas]] from the 8th to the 13th Centuries'' to [[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg]] in 2008 to secure a [[Habilitation]] degree a year later.<ref name="Oceanides" /><ref name="German Embassy" /> She works as a member of faculty of the Martin Luther University<ref name="Edubilla" /> and pursues research on a [[European Research Council]] funded project on ''Medieval Foundations and Endowments'' at Humboldt University.<ref name="Oceanides" /><ref name="German Embassy" />

Schmiedchen is a regular visiter to India since 1992 for her researches<ref name="German Embassy" /> and has written several articles, in German and English,<ref name="Formulas Determining the Purposes of Donations to Buddhist Monasteries in West and East India from the 5th to the 9th century A.D.">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xtj1afxXj40C&q=%22Formulas+Determining+the+Purposes+of+Donations+to+Buddhist+Monasteries+in+West+and+East+India+from+the+5th+to+the+9th+century+A.D.%22&pg=PA313 | title=Formulas Determining the Purposes of Donations to Buddhist Monasteries in West and East India from the 5th to the 9th century A.D. | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Annette Schmiedchen | year=1993 | pages=585–593 | isbn=9780198043812}}</ref><ref name="The Ceremony of Tulapurusa: The Puranic Concept and the Epigraphical Evidence">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwkOdPtZmVcC&q=%22The+Ceremony+of+Tulapurusa%3A+The+Puranic+Concept+and+the+Epigraphical+Evidence%22&pg=PA145 | title=The Ceremony of Tulapurusa: The Puranic Concept and the Epigraphical Evidence | publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers | author=Annette Schmiedchen | year=2006 | pages=145–184 | isbn=9788120829442}}</ref><ref name="Epigraphical Evidence for the History of Atharvavedic Brahmins">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iggRAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Epigraphical+Evidence+for+the+History+of+Atharvavedic+Brahmins%22&pg=PA343 | title=Epigraphical Evidence for the History of Atharvavedic Brahmins | publisher=Рипол Классик | author=Annette Schmiedchen | year=2007 | pages=355–384 | isbn=9785881347840}}</ref><ref name="Patronage of Śaivism and Other Religious Groups in Western India under the Dynasties of the Kaṭaccuris, Gurjaras and Sendrakas from the 5th to the 8th Centuries">{{cite journal | title=Patronage of Śaivism and Other Religious Groups in Western India under the Dynasties of the Kaṭaccuris, Gurjaras and Sendrakas from the 5th to the 8th Centuries | author=Annette Schmiedchen | journal=Indo-Iranian Journal | year=2013 | volume=56 | issue=3 | pages=349–363 | doi=10.1163/15728536-13560312}}</ref><ref name="India, Medieval Era Migrations">{{cite book | chapter=India, Medieval Era Migrations | author=Annette Schmiedchen | journal=The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration | year=2013 | doi=10.1002/9781444351071.wbeghm286|isbn = 9781444334890}}</ref> on Indian culture and Sanskrit epigraphy. Her maiden book, ''Herrschergenealogie und religiöses Patronat. Die Inschriftenkultur der [[Rastrakutas]], [[Silaharas]] und [[Yadavas]]'', was released in 2014.<ref name="Herrschergenealogie und Religioses Patronat: Die Inschriftenkultur der Rarakuas, Silaharas und Yadavas" /> She is an honorary Research Fellow of the [[International Association of Sanskrit Studies]]<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/sanskrit-studies-future-not-looking-good-says-scholar/article1091650.ece | title=The Hindu | newspaper=The Hindu | date=14 January 2011 | access-date=March 9, 2015| last1=Srivatsa | first1=Sharath S. }}</ref> and is associated with [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] and the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] who funded her first project in India.<ref name="German Embassy" /> She is married to Rainer Schmiedchen<ref name="German Embassy" /> who is the Consul General of Germany in Kolkata.<ref name="German Missions in India">{{cite web | url=http://www.india.diplo.de/Vertretung/indien/de/02__Kolkata/01__kolkata__generalkonsulat/seite__GK__schmiedchen__lebenslauf.html | title=German Missions in India | publisher=German Missions in India | date=2015 | access-date=March 10, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123421/http://www.india.diplo.de/Vertretung/indien/de/02__Kolkata/01__kolkata__generalkonsulat/seite__GK__schmiedchen__lebenslauf.html | archive-date=April 2, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Government of India]] included her in the 66th [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list, in 2015, for the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] for her contributions to [[Sanskrit language]] and [[Indology]].<ref name="German Embassy" /><ref name="Padma Awards" /><ref name="Edubilla" />

==See also==
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* [[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg]]
* [[Humboldt University of Berlin]]
* [[Epigraphy]]
* [[Indology]]
* [[International Association of Sanskrit Studies]]
* [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]]
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{{portal|India}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | title=Herrschergenealogie und Religioses Patronat: Die Inschriftenkultur der Rarakuas, Silaharas und Yadavas | publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] | author=Annette Schmiedchen | date=14 April 2014 | pages=562 | isbn=978-9004250710}}
* {{cite book | title=Formulas Determining the Purposes of Donations to Buddhist Monasteries in West and East India from the 5th to the 9th century A.D. | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Annette Schmiedchen | year=1993 | pages=585–593 | isbn=9780198043812}}
* {{cite book | title=The Ceremony of Tulapurusa: The Puranic Concept and the Epigraphical Evidence | publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers | author=Annette Schmiedchen | year=2006 | pages=145–184 | isbn=9788120829442}}
* {{cite book | title=Epigraphical Evidence for the History of Atharvavedic Brahmins | publisher=Рипол Классик | author=Annette Schmiedchen | year=2007 | pages=355–384 | isbn=9785881347840}}
* {{cite journal | title=Patronage of Śaivism and Other Religious Groups in Western India under the Dynasties of the Kaṭaccuris, Gurjaras and Sendrakas from the 5th to the 8th Centuries | author=Annette Schmiedchen | journal=Indo-Iranian Journal | year=2013 | volume=56 | issue=3 | pages=349–363 | doi=10.1163/15728536-13560312}}
* {{cite book | chapter=India, Medieval Era Migrations | author=Annette Schmiedchen | journal=The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration | year=2013 | doi=10.1002/9781444351071.wbeghm286| isbn=9781444334890 }}

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