Indian
and Oriental studies have had a number of remarkable representatives in Romania
as well. The first was Mircea Eliade, born in 1907, a reputed writer and
historian of religions, who had a vast scientific and didactic career in the
West. The following generation of experts in Indian studies included Sergiu
Al-George, Anton Zigmund-Cerbu, Eliza Zigmund-Cerbu, Marcel Leibovici and Arion
Roșu, the four latter being members of the Bucharest-based Jewish community.
Arion
Roșu was born February 1, 1924 in Bucharest, and passed away on April 4, 2007
in Versailles, France, at the age of 83. He studied classical philology at
University of Bucharest, and specialized in Indian studies, in Ayurveda and the
history of classical Indian medicine. In 1964, he moved to France, where he
continued his studies at La Sorbonne and defended his doctoral thesis about the
psychological concepts in Indian medical literature. He published extensive
scientific papers and volumes about India