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The King's Other Career

by Corinne Rivoallan

In 1997, the King Father spoke candidly to Angkor in-flight magazine about his past and future movies, his cinematographic message and...why he would never write love songs anymore.

Early Historic South Asia: Geography, Climate, and the Human Landscape

by Mamta Dwivedi

A dynamic approach of Early South Asia and the exchanges across the Bay of Bengal.

In English

The Archaeology of Bengal: Trading Networks, Cultural Identities

by Himanshu Prabha Ray

How the emergence of an 'Indic cultural sphere' can be traced across the Indian Ocean.

In English

A First-Century Stele from Sriksetra

by Pamela Gutman & Bob Hudson

The spread of Saivist and Buddhist influences into Pyu communities of ancient Burma.

In English

Fish Scenes, Symbolism, and Kingship in the Bas-Reliefs of Angkor Wat and the Bayon

by Tyson R. Roberts

Follow the fish: what fish representations in Angkorean bas-reliefs can tells us about ancient history.

In English

Notice sur le Royaume de Khmer ou de Kambodge

by Vinh Ky Truong

The earliest contribution on Angkor published in an European scientific journal by a Southeastasian scholar.

In French

Indigenization of Ramayana in Cambodia

Through some telling instances of 'indigenization', how Valmiki's Ramayana morphed into Ramakerti, an epic tale and a source of inspiration for Cambodians.

In English

Northeast Thailand before Angkor

by Sarah Talbot & Chutima Janthed

Evidence from an archaeological excavation at the Prasat Hin Phimai in the 2000s.

In English

Death and Mortuary Rituals in Mainland Southeast Asia: From Hunter-Gatherers to the God Kings of Angkor

by Charles F. H. Higham

A journey in time from elite burial rituals in the Neolithic Age to the "temple mausolea" of Angkor.

In English

Two Yoginis of Hevajra from Thailand

Two female dancers statuettes discovered in the 1950s and what they tell us about Khmer art and religion, Tantric Buddhism and the cult of Hevajra.

In English

The Life of the Ramayana in Ancient Cambodia: A Study of the Political, Religious and Ethical Roles of an Epic Tale in Real Time

by Sophearith Siyonn

A remarkable study in the Cambodian version of Ramayana through epigraphic and iconographic sources.

In English

Saivism and the Tantric Traditions

by Alexis Sanderson

An exhaustive presentation of Shaivism, esoteric Tantrism, and the duality of female/male power.

In English

A proposed relationship between Champa and Chola dynasties during the 11th and 13th centuries

by Ky-Phuong Tran & Tu-Anh Thi Nguyen

"Although the connection of artistic features of Champa with the characteristics of South Indian art that were first noticed by art historians such as Jean...

In English & Vietnamese

THe Bay of Bengal Interaction Sphere (1000 BC – AD 500)

More about the BBIS (Bay of Bengal Interaction Sphere).

In English

The Archaeological Landscape of Koh Ker

by Damian Evans

A reevaluation of the Koh Ker urban plan based on new archaelogical and scientific explorations since 2006.

In English

Dance Imagery in South Indian Temples: Study of the 108-Karana Sculptures

by Bindu S. Shankar

This major study in the history of dance and in Southern India architecture brings to us numerous notations which can be helpful for a better understanding of...

In English

Dance and Drama on Cambodian Temples

A short survey on dance and drama reflected by Angkorean temples inscriptions, bas-reliefs and statuary.

In English

"Indianization" from the Indian Point of View: Trade and Cultural Contacts with Southeast Asia in the Early First Millennium C.E

by Monica L. Smith

Did Western scholars overestimate the scope of "Indian influence" on Southeast Asia?

In English

Chinese Foreign Aromatics Importation from the 2nd century BCE to the 10th century CE

How the appetite for spices, fragrant woods and aromatics drove Chinese traders and travelers from early times.

In English & Chinese

Construction Sequence of the Koh Ker Monuments

by Etsuo Uchida & Kojiro Tsuda & Ichita Shimoda

The 76 buildings and structures so far identified at the Koh Ker site were built quickly and in five phases, some of them remaining unfinished.

In English

Religious Concept in the Layout of the Ancient Khmer City of Koh Ker

by Ichita Shimoda & Katsura Sato

Decrypting the enigmatic urban project of Koh Ker with two leading architectural historians from the Japan-APSARA Team for Safeguarding Angkor.

In English

Music and Dance in Ancient Cambodia as Evidenced by Old Khmer Epigraphy

Author(s): Saveros Pou Source:

In English

Gongs, Bells, and Cymbals: The Archaeological Record in Maritime Asia from the ninth to the seventeenth centuries

by Arsenio C. Nicolas

The circulation of musical instruments around Asia, in particular those in bronze, and what it tells us about regional trade in ancient times.

In English

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