Angkor Database

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Funan

Stele Baset 2018

Facts and Fiction: The Myth of Suvaṇṇabhūmi Through the Thai and Burmese Looking Glass

by Nicolas Revire

More about Suvarnabhumi (Sanskrit) or Suvaṇṇabhūmi (Pali), the 'Golden Land' that attracted Indian sailors to the east.

In English

Hero Stone Goa

Bridging The Gulf: Maritime Cultural Heritage of the Western Indian Ocean

by Himanshu Prabha Ray

Fishing and seafaring in the history of India and her contacts with the rest of the world.

In English

Ring Pendant Jewels

Jewels For A King

by Claudine Bautze-Picron

Stylistic relationship between Khmer architectural ornamentation and jewellery, and its South-Indian influences.

In English

Menam Map Dawn Rooney Detail

Chen-Li-Fu, A State on the Gulf of Siam at the Beginning of the 13th Century

by O. W. Wolters

Where was located Chên Li Fu, a Gulf of Siam State under Khmer influence around the years 1200-1250?

In English & Chinese

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Cambodia from Funan to Chenla, A Thousand Years of Monetary History

by Guillaume Epinal

While the Angkorian civilization never developed a real monetary system, the kingdoms of Funan and Chenla did use various types of money in their transactions.

In English

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Mahendraparvata: The City on The Hill

by Jean-Baptiste "JB" Chevance & Damian Evans & Nina Isabella Hofer & Sakada Sakhoeun

Probably the major archeological finding for the year 2019, result of a 20-year prospection on Phnom Kulen Plateau.

In English & French

Naval Battle Angkor Charles Mark

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

Sambor Prei Kuk Kampong Thom

Quelques précisions sur la fin du Fou-Nan / A Few Clarifications on Funan Collapse

by George Coedès

The end years of Funan revisited by eminent Sanskritist George Coedès.

In French

Coedès chola style suryavarman

'Coedès' Histories of Cambodia'

by Michael Vickery

The case against George Coedès, not as an epigraphist but as an 'historian with the wrong framework'.

In English

The Empire Looks South: Chinese perceptions of Cambodia before and during the Kingdom of Angkor

by Peter Harris

Probably the most exhaustive study on Chinese descriptions and perceptions of Cambodia in pre-Angkorean and Angkorean times.

In English

Can tho ao ba ba

Oc Eo Culture: A Case Study of Oc Eo Artifacts in Southern Vietnam

by Thi Huynh Phuong Nguyen

A summary of Oc Eo archaeological finds and their importance from a Vietnam touristic angle.

In English

Western Roman Coin Thailand Icglover

The Archaeology of early contact with India and the Mediterranean World, from the 4th century BC to the 4th century AD

by Bérénice Bellina-Pryce & Ian Glover

How global trade, spices and maritime routes impacted the links between India and ancient Southeast Asia.

In English

Ancientcities Lavy Heng

Pre-Angkorian cities: Ishanapura and Mahendraparvata

by Piphal Heng & Paul Lavy

An exploration of pre-Angkorean urban cities, witth a focus on Ishanapura (Sambor Prei Kuk) and Mahendraparvata (Phnom Kulen).

In English

Duan History Cambodian

柬埔寨通史 | The History of Cambodia

by Lisheng Duan

A reference essay on Cambodian history and culture by Chinese historian Duan Lisheng

In Chinese

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Rivers, Oceans, and Spirits: Water Cosmologies, Gender, and Religious Change in Southeast Asia

by Barbara Watson Andaya

The centrality of water in Southeast Asian cosmologies.

In English

Kala Yashothon Seakingdoms

Southeast Asian Kingdoms

A stimulating travel blog looking for ancient kingdoms behind the facade of modernity.

Durga Po Nagar Nha Temple Tu Anh

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

Decorated Fragrant Wood Famen Temple

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

Pottery Modelled Breasts Vietnam

Coastal Connectivity: Long-Term Trading Networks Across the South China Sea

by Kim Dung Nguyen & Peter Bellwood & Mike T. Carson

The prehistory of cultural and commercial exchanges across the South China Sea and mainland Southeast Asia.

In English

Polyhedral Gold Bead Oc Eo

Gold in early Southeast Asia

by Anna T.N. Bennett

The precious metal and its impact on early Southeast Asian civilizations.

In English