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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.

L'exotisme indochinois dans la litterature francaise depuis 1860 (2 vol) [Indochinese Exoticism in French Literature since 1860]
by Louis Malleret
A pioneering study on French colonial literature and 'exoticism' from 1860 to the 1930s.
André Maire, Peintre Voyageur [The Traveling Artist]
by Collective & André Maire
Paintings and sketches by a prolific artist who visited Angkor starting from 1919.
In French
Danse
by Francis Miomandre (de)
Beautifully illustrated essay on the history of dance by a French art critic famous in the 1920s and 1930s.
In French
History, Culture and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives
by O. W. Wolters
From prehistory to early hierarchies and kingdoms, a regional approach to indigenous and imported socio-cultural traits across Southeast Asia.
In English
Khmer Heritage in the Old Siamese Provinces of Cambodia [tr. of Le Cambodge: Les provinces siamoises ]
by Etienne Aymonier & Walter E.J. Tips
The Khmer cultural and artistic heritage in the Siamese sphere of influence at the turn of the 20th century.
In English
Le Cambodge: Les provinces siamoises [Cambodia: 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
L'anarchiste [The Anarchist]
by Polin Soth & Séra
The reprint of a Cambodian cult novel enriched with visual artist Séra's haunted illustrations.
In French
A l'école des diplomates: La perte et le retour d'Angkor [At the School for Diplomats - The Loss and Return of Angkor]
by Fernand Bernard
An important document on the complex history of boundary definition between Siam [now Thailand] and Cambodia, leading to further historic exploration.
In French
Colonial Law Making: Cambodia under the French
by Sally Frances Low
Or how to make the unlawful into laws: the legal pretences of French Protectorat over Cambodia.
In English
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
Les civilisés [The Civilized]
by Claude Farrère
A gem of French "exotic" literature: Saigon decadence with the 1890s Cambodian uprising in the background.
In French
The Customs of Cambodia [1st English Translation]
by J.G.D. Paul
The first ever English translation of Zhou Daguan's celebrated account of Angkor in 1296-7, from Paul Pelliot's 1902 French translation.
Zhou Dagan's "Customs of Cambodia"
by Michael Smithies & Zhou Daguan
Another translation of the most ancient account of the life in Angkor by the Chinese merchant and traveler Zhou Daguan
In English
Journey to Angkor, HRH Prince Damrong Rajanubhab
by Rajanubhab Damrong & Collective
The first full English translation of areference book reflecting the Siamese fascination with Angkor and everything Khmer.
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
កំណត់ហេតុរបស់លោក ជីវ តាក្វាន់ អំពីប្រពៃណីនៃអ្នកស្រុកចេនឡា [Chiv Ta-Kwan's Diary] | Zhou Daguan's Diary on Traditions of the People of Chenla
The first Khmer translation of Zhou Daguan's 'Customs of Chenla', now fully available online.
In Khmer & Chinese
Maritime Trade and State Development in Early Southeast Asia
by Kenneth R. Hall
A major essay on Southeast Asian trade roads and the growing involvement of agrarian States in worlwide commerce, 7th-14th centuries.
In English
André Malraux: The Indochina Adventure
A laudatory, one-sided, study on the less than two years André Malraux spent in then Indochina, from December 1923 to December 1925.
In English
真腊风土记 [Revision and Annotation of The Land and Social Conditions of Chenla], by Xia Nai
by Zhou Daguan & Nai Xia
吴哥数据库的最新收录书籍，周达观于1296年所记录的吴哥见闻《真腊风土记》：1/原本的复印本 2/2016年新版的由中国考古学家夏鼐于1981年所著的真腊风土记校注
In Chinese
โจวต้ากวาน, บันทึกว่าด้วยขนบธรรมเนียมประเพณีของเจินละ เฉลิม ยงบุญ [Zhou Daguan's Records of the Customs of Zhenla,Thai Translation]
by Chaloem Yongboonkerd
The author of this informed translation penned it in 1967 from the available Chinese version of Zhou Daguan's 真臘風土記 [A Record of Cambodia, its Land and its…
In Thai
Indian Epigraphy
by Dineschandra Sircar
An exhaustive study of Indian and Southeast Asia epigraphy by Prof. D.C. Sirkar.
In English
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

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

L'exotisme indochinois dans la litterature francaise depuis 1860 (2 vol) [Indochinese Exoticism in French Literature since 1860]

André Maire, Peintre Voyageur [The Traveling Artist]

Danse

History, Culture and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives

Khmer Heritage in the Old Siamese Provinces of Cambodia [tr. of Le Cambodge: Les provinces siamoises ]

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

L'anarchiste [The Anarchist]

A l'école des diplomates: La perte et le retour d'Angkor [At the School for Diplomats - The Loss and Return of Angkor]

Colonial Law Making: Cambodia under the French

นิราศนครวัด Nirat Nakhon Wat [Journey to Angkor Wat]

Les civilisés [The Civilized]

The Customs of Cambodia [1st English Translation]

Zhou Dagan's "Customs of Cambodia"

Journey to Angkor, HRH Prince Damrong Rajanubhab

Recherches sur les Cambodgiens

កំណត់ហេតុរបស់លោក ជីវ តាក្វាន់ អំពីប្រពៃណីនៃអ្នកស្រុកចេនឡា [Chiv Ta-Kwan's Diary] | Zhou Daguan's Diary on Traditions of the People of Chenla

Maritime Trade and State Development in Early Southeast Asia

André Malraux: The Indochina Adventure

真腊风土记 [Revision and Annotation of The Land and Social Conditions of Chenla], by Xia Nai

โจวต้ากวาน, บันทึกว่าด้วยขนบธรรมเนียมประเพณีของเจินละ เฉลิม ยงบุญ [Zhou Daguan's Records of the Customs of Zhenla,Thai Translation]

Indian Epigraphy

Tulasidasa: A Bibliography