 | Prof. Dr. Klaus Bruhn, eminent scholar of Jainology, passed away. Klaus Bruhn held the chair in Indology at Freie Universtät Berlin until 1991. He was an leading expert in Jain Art History and Prakrit literature, educated by Jainologists Walter Schubring, Ludwig Alsdorf, Umakant P. Shah and additionally, after his graduation, by Muni Acarya Vijayavallabha Suri.
In him we have lost a luminary of Jain Studies. |