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The theory of the military revolution was initiated by Michael Roberts in his writing on the state of the Swedish army in the 17th century. The advent of firearms fundamentally changed warfare, although the bow and cold weapons remained dominant

The role of oriental art was significant in architecture at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. While the Art Nouveau movement in Western Europe was influenced by the Japanese and Persian art, Hungary made efforts to find the

Sir Aurel Stein’s name is best known for his archaeological discoveries along the Silk Road, and among Indians he is famous primarily as a Sanskrit scholar. However, the fact that during his research career Stein also made significant archaeological discoveries

The world-famous Hungarian–British archaeologist Aurel Stein was just visiting the Tarim basin on his second major expedition to the Inner Asian section of the Silk Road in 1907, when he became a witness to a rare astronomical phenomenon, a total

Many disciplines consider the oeuvre of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös as belonging to their field of expertise. His scholarly achievements are indeed related to linguistics, oriental studies, Tibetology, Indology as well as the history of religion, and Buddhism. Csoma de

The present study provides a comprehensive overview of the 18th–19th century Hungarian or Hungary-related India travellers. In this context, relying upon the author’s subjective value judgement, individuals who visited India and South Asia, respectively, at any point during the period

Throughout their history, Hungarians have always looked with great interest at the East, in which they saw their former homeland, Magna Hungaria. Perhaps this is the reason why the instinctive interest of Hungarian travellers, scientists, merchants and artists was sincere.

Reviewing the books about India published in Hungarian over the last 100 years, it is conspicuous that most authors attempted to publish their experiences and impressions in a generalized and typified manner, with a hint of the cultural supremacy of

For centuries, India has been of special importance to Hungarians due to its accessibility and cultural richness. As early as before the twentieth century, many Hungarians or travellers of other nationalities from historical Hungary visited the subcontinent. In this study,