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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.

Un pèlerin d'Angkor - Illustré [by Francois de Marliave]
by Pierre Loti
One of the most inspired (and inspirational) travelogues on Angkor in the pioneering times.
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
Zhou Daguan's Customs of Cambodia: A New Translation
by Solang & Beling Uk
An English translation of the famous text by Zhou Daguan anchoring it to the 'real' Khmer country (Srok Khmer).
In English, Khmer & Chinese
Journey to Angkor, HRH Prince Damrong Rajanubhab
by Rajanubhab Damrong & Collective
The first full English translation of a reference book reflecting the Siamese fascination with Angkor and everything Khmer.
In English
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Straits of Malacca, Indochina and China or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad
by John Thomson
Or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad
In English
L'Indochine et la Chine: récits de voyage de John Thomson (French Adaptation)
by John Thomson & Hippolyte Vattemare
A 1879 French "adaptation" of photographer and geographer John Thomson's "The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China" (1875).
In French

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

Un pèlerin d'Angkor - Illustré [by Francois de Marliave]

Un pèlerin d'Angkor

Zhou Daguan's Customs of Cambodia: A New Translation

Journey to Angkor, HRH Prince Damrong Rajanubhab

Danse

The Customs of Cambodia [1st English Translation]

Zhou Dagan's "Customs of Cambodia"

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

A Dragon Apparent (Travels in Indo-China)

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

A Dictionary of Pre-Angkorian Khmer

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

Le Roi lépreux

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

Nārāyana ou Celui qui se meut sur les eaux

Le feu et l'amour | Fire and Love

La favorite de dix ans

Lumieres d'Orient / Eastern Lights

The Straits of Malacca, Indochina and China or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad

L'Indochine et la Chine: récits de voyage de John Thomson (French Adaptation)