Explorations in early Southeast Asian history : the origins of Southeast Asian statecraft / edited by Kenneth R. Hall and John K. Whitmore.

While following the probes of foreign individuals into various obscure parts of Southeast Asia over the centuries is a diverting and entertaining pastime, the purpose of this volume is to investigate this past with the mind, to question and postulate upon the historical patterns that have developed...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Project MUSE)
Other Authors: Hall, Kenneth R. (Editor), Whitmore, John K. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 1976.
Series:Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia ; no. 11.
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Table of Contents:
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Maps and Charts
  • The Authors
  • Foreword
  • Symbols Used in the Notes
  • An introductory Essay on Southeast Asian Statecraft in the Classical Period
  • Madagascar in the Ancient Malayo-Polynesian Myths
  • State and Statecraft in Early Srivijaya
  • Devarāja Cult and Khmer Kingship at Angkor
  • The Rise of Đại Việt and the Establishment of Thang-Lŏng
  • Note: The Vietnamese Confucian Scholar's View of His Country's Early History
  • Kingship, the Saṅgha, and Society in Pagan.
  • The Devolution of Kingship in Twelfth Century Ceylon
  • Southeast Asian Trade and the Isthmian Struggle, 1000-1200 A.D.
  • Appendix
  • Southeast asia to 1300: A Course Outline and List of Suggested Readings.