[3] From 1929 to 1934 she studied at the École du Louvre, where she specialized in art history of the Indian world (with Joseph Hackin, René Grousset, Philippe Stern) and the Far East.
[3][4] In 1931, at the age of 19, Auboyer startet working at the Indochinese Museum at Trocadéro Palace under Philippe Stern.
Its collections were transferred to the Musée Guimet by 1936, where Auboyer subsequently worked under the directorship of Joseph Hackin.
In parallel, she taught at the École du Louvre, where she held the chair of Art of the Indian World from 1965 to 1980.
[5] She is known for Daily Life in Ancient India (French: La Vie quotidienne dans l'Inde ancienne; published in 1961 and translated to English in 1968), a record of the ancient Indian rituals and customs, many of which are preserved in Indian society today.