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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.

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
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
Cambodge et Siam: Voyage et séjour aux ruines des monuments kmers
by Auguste Achille Hyppolyte Filoz
Picturesque account of the Aymonier-Delaporte mission to Angkor in the 1870s
In French
Le Cambodge, Abrégé d'histoire et de géographie | Cambodia, History and Geography Textbook
by Collective
How the history of Cambodia was taught in Indochina Catholic schools at the start of the 20th century
In French
Ceremonies des 12 Mois: Fetes annuelles cambodgiennes [Twelve-Month Ceremonies: Cambodian Yearly Celebrations] EBOOK
by Éveline Porée-Maspero
The earliest attempt to a summary of the major religious and cultural celebrations in Modern Cambodia after Adhémard Leclere's notations.
In French
A Brief and Truthful Relation of Events in the Kingdom of Cambodia
by Gabriel Quiroga de San Antonio & Antoine Cabaton
One of the first accounts of Angkor and the surrounding Kingdom of Cambodia by a Western traveler.
In English
Description du Royaume de Camboge
by Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat
The Description of Chenla in Chinese sources (in particularly Zhou Daguan) as seen by a French Orientalist
In French
Studies on the Art of Ancient Cambodia
by Jean Boisselier
Ten articles by Jean Boissellier translated from the French offer a comprehensive and stimulating vision on Khmer statuary, its regional influences and its…
In English
Mémoire collective chez les Khmers et leurs voisins [Collective Memory among the Khmers and their Neighbors]
by Joseph Thach
In English & French
Cambodia Captured
by Jim Mizerski
Angkor's First Photographers in 1860's Colonial Intrigues
In English
Sambaur Prei Kuk
by Michel Tranet
The Isanavarma Monuments (AD 615-628) and their surroundings
In French
The Khmer Empire
by Claude Jacques & Philippe Lafond
Cities and Sanctuaries from the 5th to the 13th Century
In English
Cambodian Buddhism, History & Practice
by Ian Harris
The era of the last Kings of Angkor is when Theravada Buddhism in its specific Cambodian form starts to develop.
In English
Banteay Srei at Angkor
by Louis Finot & Henri Parmentier & Victor Goloubew
Originally published in 1926, this is the first study of the "Women's Temple", an exquisite edifice with rich adornements. Written a decade after the temple's…
In English

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

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 |

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)

Cambodge et Siam: Voyage et séjour aux ruines des monuments kmers

Le Cambodge, Abrégé d'histoire et de géographie | Cambodia, History and Geography Textbook

Ceremonies des 12 Mois: Fetes annuelles cambodgiennes [Twelve-Month Ceremonies: Cambodian Yearly Celebrations] EBOOK

A Brief and Truthful Relation of Events in the Kingdom of Cambodia

Description du Royaume de Camboge

Studies on the Art of Ancient Cambodia

Mémoire collective chez les Khmers et leurs voisins [Collective Memory among the Khmers and their Neighbors]

Cambodia Captured

Sambaur Prei Kuk

The Khmer Empire

Cambodian Buddhism, History & Practice

Banteay Srei at Angkor