Career
Kielhorn worked in Oxford in the period 1862-1865 with Friedrich Max Müller (1823-1900) in order to publish the first edition of Rigveda. From 1866 to 1881 he was a professor of Sanskrit at Deccan College in Pune, and after 1882 in University of Göttingen. Kielhorn"s results from the handling of rich material that he himself partially collected and partially got sent, is mainly explained in Indian antiquary and Epigraphia Indica.
After the death of Georg Bühler (1837-1898), he edited the Grundriss der indoarischen Philologie.
Together with Bühler, Kielhorn had initiated the series Bombay Sanskrit series
Kielhorn was appointed an honorary Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire ( International Commission on Illumination) for his services in Pune. He received the honorary degree Doctor of Laws (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Glasgow in June 1901, and the honorary degree Doctor of Letters (Doctor of Letters ) from the University of Oxford in June 1902.