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Marilia Albanese graduated with honours in Sanskrit and Indology at the department of Classical Literature at the Catholic University in Milan in June 1976 and, during the same period, studied a diploma in Hindi and Indian Culture. She is a teacher of Indian Culture at the Civic School of Oriental Cultures and Languages in Milan and Director of the Lombardy section of the Is.I.A.O. Since the end of the 1970’s she has been in charge of teaching Indian culture at a number of training schools for yoga teachers, a subject on which she has published several books. She has made many study trips to India, sometimes at the invitation of the Indian government, and has participated in various work projects, the last of which was a documentary series for Swiss television on the condition of women in India. Her studies of Indian civilization and its diffusion have also taken her to Sri Lanka and Indochina. As a freelance journalist, she is heavily involved in conferences and writes for several specialized weekly publications. She is the author of articles, essays and books and, for White Star Publications, has contributed to Splendours of the lost civilizations (1998), The great treasures: the goldsmith’s art from ancient Egypt to the 20th century (1998), The world’s greatest royal palaces (1999) and Northern India, guide to the archaeological sites (1999).