"Indianization" from the Indian Point of View: Trade and Cultural Contacts with Southeast Asia in the Early First Millennium C.E
Did Western scholars overestimate the scope of "Indian influence" on Southeast Asia?
Publications Books A History of Early South East Asia
A major study on regional and global trade historic phases, their impact on development of polities and kingdoms around 1th-16th...
Books Cambodia from Funan to Chenla, A Thousand Years of Monetary History
While the Angkorian civilization never developed a real monetary system, the kingdoms of Funan and Chenla did use various types...
Books Champa
Volume I of the "Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East Series" dealt with the Kingdom of Champa, more "indianized"...
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 Early Mainland Southeast Asian Landscapes in the First Millennium A.D.
A useful synthesis of what we know about Mainland Southeast Asia before the development of larger polities, cities-states and empires
Themes India & Cambodia
Books Indian Cultural Influence in Cambodia
A reference study on early Cambodia, Angkor civilization and its links to Indian culture.
Publications Indians in Southeast Asia: Sojourners, Settlers, Diasporas
From the earliest times, there were substantial movement of people between the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka and Southeast asia.
Books Kambuja-desa, or An Ancient Hindu Colony in Cambodia
An India-centered approach of Cambodia, Champa and the "Indian colonization" of Southeast Asia".
Publications Kauṇḍinya, Preah Thaong, and the "Nāgī Somā": Some Aspects of a Cambodian Legend
A summary of the many versions of the Kaundinya-Neang Neak story, the founding legend of Cambodia.
Publications Khmer Ceramics Represented on the Bayon and Banteay Chhmar
Locally-made ceramics in Bayon and Banteay Chhmar bas-reliefs.
Films Nectar in Stone | The India-Cambodia Artistic Connection
An Indian TV film devoted to Indian-Cambodian connection in visual arts
Publications Processes of Indianization in the Khmer Empire
An Indian scholar's view on Indianization, trade and syncretism across early Southeast Asia.
Publications Survey of the Southern Provinces of Cambodia in the Pre-Angkor Era
South of Phnom Penh, archaelogical research have contributed to a better understanding of the Funan and Chenla periods.
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 The Archaeology of early contact with India and the Mediterranean World, from the 4th century BC to the 4th century AD
How global trade, spices and maritime routes impacted the links between India and ancient Southeast Asia.
Publications The Origins of the Sukhodaya (Sukhot'ai) Art
A well-balanced study on cultural and artistic exchanges around ancient Southeast Asia, summarizing the author's original view on the Indianization...
Publications Политическая история и политическая организация раннесредневековой Индонезии (V–начало X в.) | Early Indonesian States, 5th-10th centuries
На островах Индонезии в V–VIII вв. сложились индиани-зированные ранние государства.