Herman TiekenHerman Tieken studied Sanskrit and Tamil at the Kern Institute of the University of Leiden in The Netherlands, where he later taught Sanskrit. His areas of interest are Kāvya literature in Sanskrit, Prākrit and Apabhramśa, as well as Jaina texts, clasical Tamil poetry and the Aśoka inscriptions. His work on these inscriptions, which he has published widely, fits into his long standing interest in the arrangement and internal cohesion of texts and in textual corpora. Read More Read Less