Alois Anton Führer

Alois Anton Führer

anthropologist
Indologist
🇩🇪Germany
✝️Catholicism

Alois Anton Führer was a German Indologist who worked for the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). He is known for his archaeological excavations, which he believed proved that Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal. Führer's archaeological career ended in disgrace as "a forger and dealer in fake antiquities", and he had to resign from his position in 1898.

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1853 – 1930
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Born in
Limburg an der Lahn

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  • 1853

    Born

    Birth
  • 1930

    Died

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