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Some Aspects of Social & Economic History of Ancient India and Cambodia

by R.K. Chaudhary

A comparative study on social fabric in Ancient India and Cambodia. Focus on "village organization" that stills informs social fabric in Cambodia or Bali today.

Tulasidasa: A Bibliography
by Sudha Verma
The most comprehensive bibliography about the works and life of Hindi poet Goswani Tulsidas, who authored his own version of the Ramayana epic
In English
A Dragon Apparent (Travels in Indo-China)
by Norman Lewis
With rumors of Indochina war as a backdrop, a highly personal and highly enjoyable travelogue through Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia in 1950-1.
In English
A World of Water: Rain, Rivers and Seas in Southeast Asian Histories
by Peter Boomgaard
A crosscultural, multidisciplinary, study on water, its economic and social impact, and its symbolism.
In English
Recherches sur les Cambodgiens
by George Groslier
George Groslier's encyclopaedia-like sum on the Ancient Khmer civilization, "d'après les textes et les monuments depuis les premiers siècles de notre ère".
In French
A Dictionary of Pre-Angkorian Khmer
by Philip N. Jenner
The magnus opus of philologist and Old Khmer specialist Philip Jenner. Available here are the dictionaries of Angkorian Khmer (2) and Middle Khmer (3).
In English & Old Khmer
Histoire du Cambodge de la fin du XVIe siecle au XVIIIeme siecle [Cambodia from the end of 16th to the 18th century]
by Phoeun Mak
The reference study in 17th century Cambodia, its internal turmoil and the ever more complicated relations with its powerful neighbors, Siam and Vietnam.
In French
ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ចាប់ពីចុងសតវត្សរ៍ទី១៦ រហូតដល់ដើមសតវត្សរ៍ទី១៨ |History of Cambodia from the end of 16th to 18th Centuries |
by Phoeun Mak
The Khmer translation and edition of Mak Phoeun's major study on 17th century Cambodia, initially published in French.
In Khmer
Le Roi lépreux
by Pierre Benoit
Novelization of the life and challenges of a French Angkor conservator in the 1920s.
In French
Le Cambodge,II Les provinces siamoises [Cambodia II: The Siamese Provinces]
by Etienne Aymonier
The Khmer cultural and artistic heritage in the Siamese sphere of influence at the turn of the 20th century.
In French
中国古籍中的柬埔寨史料 [Cambodian Historical Data in Chinese Ancient Books]
by Collective
A compilation of references to Cambodia (or Zhenla, Funan, etc) in Chinese ancient chronicles
In Chinese
Indian Epigraphy
by Dineschandra Sircar
An exhaustive study of Indian and Southeast Asia epigraphy by Prof. D.C. Sirkar.
In English
Nārāyana ou Celui qui se meut sur les eaux
by Makhali-Phal
Cambodia as the ultimate land of the Creation, where all living beings converge to the revelation of the Supreme Being.
In French
L'Aile de feu | Wing of Fire
by Jeanne Leuba
An engrossing novel set in an Indochinese plantation in the 1910s, with an unforgettable visit to Angkor and the Bayon.
In French
Le feu et l'amour | Fire and Love
by Makhali-Phal
A symbolist and powerful novel set in an imaginary Angkorean palace.
In French
La favorite de dix ans
by Makhali-Phal
Ascetes, sacred dancers and kings in a fantasy Khmer kingdom evoked by an archetypal symbolist novel.
In French
นิราศนครวัด Nirat Nakhon Wat [Journey to Angkor Wat]
by Rajanubhab Damrong
A quite ambivalent account of the 1924 visit to Phnom Penh and Angkor by a Siamese dignitary: shared cultural heritage in a time of rising nationalism.
In Thai
Lumieres d'Orient / Eastern Lights
by Émile Vedel
From Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Madurai (South India) and Canton (Guanghzou), an inspiring travelogue towards Angkor, with a magnificient description, and Oceania.
In French
Un pèlerin d'Angkor
by Pierre Loti
One of the most inspired (and inspirational) travelogues on Angkor in the pioneering times.
In French
ការបង្កើតរដ្ឋថៃ The Birth of the Thai State
by Michel Tranet
A specialist of Khmer antiquities in Thailand assesses the history of the modern state of Thailand.
In Khmer
The Indianized States of Southeast Asia
by George Coedès
The English translation of a reference book on Southeast Asia ancient history
In English
Le Phnom Kulen et sa région, Carte et Commentaire | Phnom Kulen and Its Area, Map and Monograph
by Jean Boulbet
Gods, Trees and Human Beings on Cambodia's sacred mountain.
In French
Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia and Laos
by Henri Mouhot
The English, more complete version of the historic travelogue by naturalist and explorer Henri Mouhot.
In English

Some Aspects of Social & Economic History of Ancient India and Cambodia

Tulasidasa: A Bibliography

A Dragon Apparent (Travels in Indo-China)

A World of Water: Rain, Rivers and Seas in Southeast Asian Histories

Recherches sur les Cambodgiens

A Dictionary of Pre-Angkorian Khmer

Histoire du Cambodge de la fin du XVIe siecle au XVIIIeme siecle [Cambodia from the end of 16th to the 18th century]

ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ចាប់ពីចុងសតវត្សរ៍ទី១៦ រហូតដល់ដើមសតវត្សរ៍ទី១៨ |History of Cambodia from the end of 16th to 18th Centuries |

Le Roi lépreux

Le Cambodge,II Les provinces siamoises [Cambodia II: The Siamese Provinces]

中国古籍中的柬埔寨史料 [Cambodian Historical Data in Chinese Ancient Books]

Indian Epigraphy

Nārāyana ou Celui qui se meut sur les eaux

L'Aile de feu | Wing of Fire

Le feu et l'amour | Fire and Love

La favorite de dix ans

นิราศนครวัด Nirat Nakhon Wat [Journey to Angkor Wat]

Lumieres d'Orient / Eastern Lights

Un pèlerin d'Angkor

ការបង្កើតរដ្ឋថៃ The Birth of the Thai State

The Indianized States of Southeast Asia

Le Phnom Kulen et sa région, Carte et Commentaire | Phnom Kulen and Its Area, Map and Monograph

Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia and Laos