ABSTRACT

With particular emphasis on history, religion, literature and arts, this collection provides a multifaceted and representative picture of the classical civilizations of South-East Asia which will be of interest for comparative and cross-disciplinary studies in this field, as well as providing a number of historical and literary documents and translations of great scholarly value.

chapter |48 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|13 pages

Bauddha brahmins in Bali

chapter 2|13 pages

A new look at Sāsanavamsa

chapter 4|21 pages

Tambralinga O. W. Wolters

chapter 10|9 pages

The Kyaikmaraw inscriptions H.L. Shorto

chapter 15|11 pages

Three old Achehnese manuscripts P. Voorhoeve

chapter 17|7 pages

The Song of the Three Mons J.A. Stewart

chapter 18|13 pages

Three 'immortal' Burmese songs

chapter 19|10 pages

Country life in Burmese literature

chapter 21|18 pages

New evidence on Thai shadow-play invocations

chapter 24|4 pages

Tangut or Proto-Burman C.H. Luce

chapter 25|8 pages

Three Mon-Khmer word families H.L. Shorto