[1][2] She is the author of several articles on Indian heritage and Culture[1] and the book, Herrschergenealogie und Religioses Patronat: Die Inschriftenkultur der Rastrakutas, Silaharas und Yadavas, the 17th book released under the series, Gonda Indological Studies by Brill Publishers.
[1] She obtained her doctoral degree from Humboldt University of Berlin in 1994[5] on the thesis, Grants of Villages, Land, and Money in Favour of Buddhist Monasteries in Northern India from the 5th to the 8th Centuries after which she submitted a Habilitation thesis on Epigraphical Culture and Regional Tradition in Early Medieval Maharashtra: Legitimizing Political Power and Official Religious Patronage under the Royal Dynasties of the Rastrakutas, Silaharas, and Yadavas from the 8th to the 13th Centuries to Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in 2008 to secure a Habilitation degree a year later.
[1][2] Schmiedchen is a regular visiter to India since 1992 for her researches[2] and has written several articles, in German and English,[6][7][8][9][10] on Indian culture and Sanskrit epigraphy.
Die Inschriftenkultur der Rastrakutas, Silaharas und Yadavas, was released in 2014.
[12] The Government of India included her in the 66th Republic Day honours list, in 2015, for the civilian award of Padma Shri for her contributions to Sanskrit language and Indology.