Aurel Stein and the Kiplings
Silk Road Pathways of Converging and Reciprocal Inspiration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20249333 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey Kain (0000-0003-2795-0359, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0787 • E-ISSN: 2076-0787 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/h7030068 |
| OpenAlex | W2831787500 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Biographies of the renowned linguistic scholar and archaeological explorer Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862–1943) inevitably yet briefly refer to the role played by John Lockwood Kipling (1837–1911), as curator of the Lahore Museum—with its extensive collection of ancient Gandharan Greco-Buddhist sculpture—in exciting Stein’s interests in and theories of what likely lay buried under the sands of the Taklamakan Desert. A more insistent focus on the coalescing influences in the Stein-Kipling relationship, including a subsequent line of evident inspiration from Stein to the internationally famed author and Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling (Lockwood’s son; 1865–1936), helps to synthesize some of the highlights of Stein’s first expedition into the remote Tarim Basin of Chinese Turkestan, including and involving the forgeries manufactured by the Uyghur treasure-seeker Islam Akhun
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Buddhism · Sculpture · Tarim basin · Treasure · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Linguistics and Cultural Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |