Books Books Cambodian Buddhism, History & Practice
The era of the last Kings of Angkor is when Theravada Buddhism in its specific Cambodian form starts to develop.Books Angkor Buddhist Treasures from Banteay Kdei | Preah Norodom Sihanouk Angkor Museum
The discovery of 274 discarded Buddhist statues at Prasat Banteay Kdei in March and August 2001 by a team of Sophia University and Cambodian archaeologists.Publications Early Historic South Asia: Geography, Climate, and the Human Landscape
A dynamic approach of Early South Asia and the exchanges across the Bay of Bengal.Publications Analyzing the Impact of Indian Architecture on the Architecture of Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia
A useful contribution for a better understanding of what was hastily called "Indianization" of Southeast Asia. Architectural point of view.Publications "Angkor Wat" ("Ankor Wat") by Allen Ginsberg
A literary monument to Angkor, "Kingdom Come or Kingdom Yore".Photos Visions of Angkor by...Martin Hürlimann
Outstanding 1920s pictures by a professional photographer, the first major artistic survey of Angkor after John Thomson's and Emile Gsell's contributions.Publications Punyodaya (Na-T'i), un propagateur du tantrisme en Chine et au Cambodge a l'epoque de Hiuan-Tsang [Spreading Tantrism in China and Cambodia in the 7th century]
How a scholar and translator from India at the Chinese Tang court went twice to Chenla to spread the Tantric-Buddhist faith and collect "divine medicine".Books Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad
Back to the intellectual and aesthetical origins of Hindu architecture and its Southeast Asian derivatives, particularly in the Khmer tradition.Publications Two Narrative Buddhist Steles
Captions prepared for two narrative steles on the life of the Buddha discovered in Angkor, Cambodia, and now kept at the National Museum of Cambodia.Links In the Mood for Love...and for Angkor
Just 20 years after the release of Wong Kar-wai’s magical movie, revisiting its final scene set in Angkor WatBooks The Angkorian Records
Poetry, mysticism and eschatology in the Khmer inscriptions of the Angkorean period, in this inspired essay written by an Indian woman artist.Links Artistic Syncretism at the Sanctuary of Truth, Thailand
A joyful explosion of Thai, Khmer, Chinese, Hindu and Buddhist artistic influences in a sanctuary dedicated to devotion and creative woodcraft.Books Tantra, Magic and Vernacular Religion in Monsoon Asia (Introduction)
Preface to a collection of documented essays on Tantrism, particularly in South Asia and Southeast Asia.Publications Maritime Trade between Thailand and Bengal
A summary of archaeological finds shining a new light on the history of maritime trade and early Southeeast Asia.Books Lettres du Cambodge, 1947-1950
The coming to age of a young French woman at a transition period for modern Cambodia.Publications L’about inscrit du musée national du Cambodge (K. 943) | The K 943 End Piece at NMC
Nouveaux éléments sur le bouddhisme tantrique à l’époque angkorienne | New perspectives on Tantric Buddhism during Angkorean times.Publications Early China and the Indian Ocean Networks
Early China’s interactions with the maritime world and the eventual emergence of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) as a leading naval power in the 15th century.Publications South Asia from 1200 BCE to 900 CE
Politics, ethics and sense of community in the Early India context.Publications A First-Century Stele from Sriksetra
The spread of Saivist and Buddhist influences into Pyu communities of ancient Burma.Themes Religion & Belief
Links 中台禪寺 | The Chung Tai Chan Monastery
A major collection of Buddhist art and writing set in TaiwanLinks A Theravada Library
A precious online resource on Theravada reference texts, translations from Pali, Pali self-study tools.Links Architecture of the Buddhist World
Collection of paintings, drawings and photographs on the Buddhist world, with several items about Angkor.Books Journal of an Embassy to the Courts of Siam and Cochin-China
A lively description of mainland Southeast Asia in the 1820s.Publications Travels in Siam and Cambodia
"The temple stands solitary and alone in the jungle, in too perfect order to be called a ruin, a relic of a race far ahead in all arts and sciences."Publications Garuḍa, Vajrapāṇi and Religious Change in Jayavarman VII's Angkor
A stimulating study in religious mutations during the King-Builder's reignPublications Morbid Meditation in Buddhist Iconography
Physical beauty and the decay of the human body, a major topic in Buddhist meditation.Publications Brapamsukulanisamsam and Symbolic Clothing
The Brapamsukulānisamsam invocation, in Pali and translation, sacred part of Southeast Asia funerary rites.Publications The Syncretism of Religions in Southeast Asia, Especially in the Khmer Empire
The many encounters of various religious philosophies in Angkor.Films Angkor Wat Temple, from Hindu to Buddhist Shrine
History lecture on Angkor Wat by Dr Chanratana ChenBooks Angkor, sérénité bouddhique | The Serenity of Buddhism
A deeply personal and reflective photographic work on Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and the Bayon.