Mauro Maggi

Mauro Maggi is a Full Professor of Iranian Philology (L-OR/14) at Sapienza University of Rome since 2019, affiliated with the Italian Institute of Oriental Studies. Born in Como, he studied in Milan, Naples, and Hamburg, previously serving as Associate Professor at the University of Naples L'Orientale and as a librarian at the Italian Institute for Africa and the East in Rome. His research focuses on Khotanese language/texts, Central Asian Buddhism, Iranian language history, and New Persian development.

• Key Publications: The Khotanese Karmavibhaṅga (1995), Pelliot chinois 2928 (1997), and edited volumes like Buddhism among the Iranian peoples of Central Asia (2013) and A turquoise coronet (2020).
• Research Trends: His 2019-2023 articles analyze Khotanese Buddhist texts (e.g., Pradakṣiṇasūtra), lexical evolution (e.g., maṇḍvaï- etymology), and scriptural parallels between Khotanese and Indian sources. He also investigates orthographic history, manuscript restoration, and Indo-Iranian linguistic borrowings.
• Collaborations: Frequent co-editor with scholars like Mohsen Ashtiany, Matteo De Chiara, and Alessandro Del Tomba.