Политическая история и политическая организация раннесредневековой Индонезии (V–начало X в.) | Early Indonesian States, 5th-10th centuries

This monograph reconstructs political history and institutions of early kingdoms of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java. Dealing with contemporary theories of statehood and political organization, it examines different influential theories on the formation of Southeast Asian states, among them the galactic polity by S. Tambiah, the maṇḍala theory by Oliver Wolters, and the bhūmi theory by Hermann Kulke.

It also deals with the Srivijaya polity, the influence of which in the Indochina Peninsula has been studied by George Coedès, and investigates the Śailendra dynasty.

Concludes the author: ​“The kings of Ancient Java were autocratic. The state formation in maritime Southeast Asia was inextricably intertwined with warfare. All early rulers conquered their neighbours and thus became kings. The Indianization of early kingdoms was a means to power and varied in different places and times.”