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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.

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
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
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

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

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

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

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]