Religion & Belief

A central element of Cambodian culture, traditions and art, the wooden house is a link connecting Ancient Angkor and modern Cambodia.

In English

A fascinating study on Khmer and Yunnan minority interconnection through music and dance

In English & Chinese

From prehistory to early hierarchies and kingdoms, a regional approach to indigenous and imported socio-cultural traits across Southeast Asia.

In English

An important account on Cambodia in the early years of the French Protectorate.

In French

Subtitle: "Moeurs, Coutumes, Superstitions, Légendes: Excursion dans les provinces de Roléia-Paier et Compong-Leng".

In French

Cambodia as the ultimate land of the Creation, where all living beings converge to the revelation of the Supreme Being.

In French

An engrossing novel set in an Indochinese plantation in the 1910s, with an unforgettable visit to Angkor and the Bayon.

In French

The earliest attempt to a summary of the major religious and cultural celebrations in Modern Cambodia after Adhémard Leclere's notations.

In French

The reference travelogue of Ma Huan, interperter and translator with Zheng He's flotilla: how China saw the world in the early Ming dynasty era.

In English

A reference summary of the history of art in Thailand, by a Thai educationist and archaeologist.

In English

The era of the last Kings of Angkor is when Theravada Buddhism in its specific Cambodian form starts to develop.

In English

Originally published in 1926, this is the first study of the "Women's Temple", an exquisite edifice with rich adornements. Written a decade after the temple's…

In English

Respected Cambodian scholar Saveros Pou offers a collection of studies on the Khmer version of the Ramayana

In French & Khmer

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.

In English

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

In English

'British spy' or first adventurous British tourist in Angkor? A young consular official's lively report of photographer John Thomson's journey.

In English

A useful contribution for a better understanding of what was hastily called "Indianization" of Southeast Asia. Architectural point of view.

In English

A literary monument to Angkor, "Kingdom Come or Kingdom Yore".

In English

'People Around the Houses with Fire: Archaeological Investigation of Settlements Around the Jayavarman VII 'Resthouse' Temples'

In English

Outstanding 1920s pictures by a professional photographer, the first major artistic survey of Angkor after John Thomson's and Emile Gsell's contributions.

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

One of the major must-read studies on Cambodia history.

In English

Notations on Cambodian daily life, politics and mores collected in 1917-1918 by a French "country doctor".

In French

Within the Angkor Wat sanctum, the Bakan, Sacred Dancers of Angkor perform the New Moon ritual in January 2018.

The first integral English translation of the Sanskrit Treatise on Hindu Dance, "Dramaturgy and Histrionics".

In English & Sanskrit

The earliest attempt to a summary of the major religious and cultural celebrations in Modern Cambodia after Adhémard Leclere's notations.

In French

An India-centered approach of Cambodia, Champa and the "Indian colonization" of Southeast Asia".

In English

Since 1903, statues and bas-reliefs picturing King Jayavarman VII have been extensively studied. This essay summarizes theories and stimulates further research.

In English

Daily life in the temples, prayers, blessings: as a spiritual and cultural center, Angkor was never really 'abandoned'.

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".

In French & Chinese

The building techniques and rituals for village houses, monasteries and kutis, in mid-century Cambodia.

In French & Khmer

A fundamental study on the 'Bayon style' of architecture, which still helps us in better understanding the evolution of Jayavarman VII's reign.

In French

An exploration of Khmer inscriptions andTantric influences, with a stimulating take on the ever-elusive Bayon and the enigmatic figure of Tumburu over Angkor.

In English & Sanskrit

Back to the intellectual and aesthetical origins of Hindu architecture and its Southeast Asian derivatives, particularly in the Khmer tradition.

In English

Matrilinear and patrilinear succession lines, plus some conquerors or usurpers: the complex genealogy of pre-Angkorean and Angkorean sovereigns.

In English

From 'acharya' to 'yuga', we collect and explain the many archeological, historical, architectural, cultural and religious terms related to Angkorean research.

In English, French, Khmer, Chinese, Portuguese, Sanskrit, Thai, Lao, Pali, Vietnamese, Tamil & Old Khmer

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.

In English, French & Khmer

Just 20 years after the release of Wong Kar-wai’s magical movie, revisiting its final scene set in Angkor Wat

50 kms from the city of Hoi An, My Sơn is the largest and most important of Champa’s religious architectural sites, with some seventy structures.

Poetry, mysticism and eschatology in the Khmer inscriptions of the Angkorean period, in this inspired essay written by an Indian woman artist.

In English, Sanskrit & Old Khmer

An engrossing novel set in an Indochinese plantation in the 1910s, with an unforgettable visit to Angkor and the Bayon.

In French

The power-charged erotica of Indian iconography, or how "bringing beauty nearer" inspired Indian (and Khmer) sculptors.

In English

A joyful explosion of Thai, Khmer, Chinese, Hindu and Buddhist artistic influences in a sanctuary dedicated to devotion and creative woodcraft.

In English

Preface to a collection of documented essays on Tantrism, particularly in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

In English

Out-of-the-box considerations on Khmer Art and the fall of Angkor.

In English

A summary of archaeological finds shining a new light on the history of maritime trade and early Southeeast Asia.

In English

The coming to age of a young French woman at a transition period for modern Cambodia.

Nouveaux éléments sur le bouddhisme tantrique à l’époque angkorienne | New perspectives on Tantric Buddhism during Angkorean times.

In French

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

In English

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.

In English

អ្នកនិពន្ធចង់និយាយអំពីរឿងរ៉ាវដ៍យូរលង់ណាស់មកហើយនិយាយពីព្រះឥន្រ្តមនុស្សលោកព្រះពិស្នុកានិងស្តេចព្រះកេតុមាលាផងដែរ។ | About the "human Indra", Preah Pisnouka

In Khmer

The centrality of water in Southeast Asian cosmologies.

In English

Politics, ethics and sense of community in the Early India context.

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

In English

Nearly twenty years before the "re-discoverer" of Angkor Henri Mouhot, a tireless Catholic missionary did visit the ancient Khmer city.

The astonishingly vivid and detailed Geography of India and Indochina by French free-thinker Élisée Reclus.

In French

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

In English

'In the minds of the Khmers, these ruins were never inert buildings without souls, but monuments with a vital quality that still attracts all who see them.'

In English

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

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

In English

A major collection of Buddhist art and writing set in Taiwan

A precious online resource on Theravada reference texts, translations from Pali, Pali self-study tools.

Collection of paintings, drawings and photographs on the Buddhist world, with several items about Angkor.

"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

A lively description of mainland Southeast Asia in the 1820s.

In English

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

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

In English & Chinese

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

In English

Author(s): Saveros Pou Source:

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Political, strategical, commercial and agricultural motives led to the successive emergence of Khmer capital cities after Angkor lost its central role.

In English

"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."

In English

A lively and perceptive exploration of Cambodian syncretisme from ancient times

A stimulating study in religious mutations during the King-Builder's reign

In English

Centered on the Bayon, a diachronic reinterpretation of historical assumptions about the reign of Jayavarman VII, and Angkor during the 16th century

In English

A broad study of politics, economics and the specificity of the Angkorean State.

In English

Cultural and geographical variations of the Theravada liturgy, chanting and rituals in Southeast Asia.

In English

Preliminary introduction to the Inscriptions, Graffiti, Marks and Sketched Designs in Prasat Top Lech, previously known as Monument 486.

In English

The Cambodian monastery as a sacred territory where animist forces combine with Theravada canon.

In English

Sastra sleuk rith, the ancestral Khmer art of palm leaf manuscript, is alive again thanks to Siem Reap craftswoman Phoeun Pavy,

In English

Relations between genders are one of the areas in which a distinctive Southeast Asian pattern exists.

In English

Physical beauty and the decay of the human body, a major topic in Buddhist meditation.

In English

Were the builders of Phimai following a "visual narrative program"?

In English

The Brapamsukulānisamsam invocation, in Pali and translation, sacred part of Southeast Asia funerary rites.

In French

The quest for the 'Jayavarman's Triad', by a celebrated Southeast Asian Art historian and curator.

In English

The symbolic of the twelve animals in Cambodian culture and divination practices.

In French

A most detailed study on building techniques and rituals in the Cambodian tradition.

In French

A most detailed study on building techniques and rituals in the Cambodian tradition.

In French

A presentation of the Kingdom of Champa by Georges Maspero, distinguished sinologist and orientalist.

In French

An essay on ascetic arts and Indic influences in ancient Cambodia and Siam.

In English

The many encounters of various religious philosophies in Angkor.

In English

Encyclopedic entry on Khmer religion, past and present.

In English

The Khmer sculptors' take on the 'Anantasayana Vishnu' Hindu motif.

In French

What happened in Khmer art and religious practice during the two last centuries of the Angkorean era?

In French

An excellent summary of Khmer nosology (the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of diseases), and the traditional explanations for…

In Khmer

A vivid evocation of traditional medicine and healing techniques in Angkorean villages.

In English

The interaction between Tantric Buddhism as developed in the Khorat region of Siam and its Khmer versions across what is no known as Cambodia.

In English

Enter the world of the 10,000 Boramey (good spirits) revered in Cambodia nowadays and whose origins go back to the dawn of Khmer civilization.

In English

An erudite study of the Buddha seated on a naga icon in Khmer temples, compared to other representations across Asia.

In English

Tantrism influence in Angkor-era medical theories and practice.

In English

Planet-alignement during the consecration of Banteay Srei Temple.

In English

A synthesis of the architectural history of Prasat Banteay Chhmar, the 'temple-garrison'.

In English

The Ananta serpent of Hindi origin and the Khmer Naga motifs in Angkorian sculptures and ornaments.

In English

The god-figure of Hevajra in the puzzling temple complex of Banteay Chhmar, northwest of Angkor.

In English

Excavations related to medicine and healthcare in Angkorean times.

In French

A contemporary summary of various explanations regarding the decline and fall of Angkor as a "megacity".

In English

Out-of-the-beaten-path and yet wondrous smaller temples revisited by a group of young Cambodian bloggers

In English

A study in the only four statuary representations of a major Angkorian sovereign.

In French

How a constellation of tribes and linguistic systems derivating from Bronze and Iron Ages led to the Angkor civilization.

In English

Angkorian legacy played a central part in the building of national identity and cultural fabric of independent Cambodia.

In English

From bas-reliefs at the My Son Temple, Indian researchers Swati Chemburkar and Shivani Kapoor retrace the presence of an ascetic sect in pre-Angkorian and…

In English

A clear and concise essay on Buddhism Theravada as it is followed in Cambodia.

In French

4 guardian lions unearthed on the 12th century archeological site of Banteay Chhmar.

Entry #5 in Khmer Art Worldwide Collection

A brilliant case study in water management and Angkorean preservation in relation with local agricultural communities

In French

A particular example of Brahmanist-Muslim syncretism in modern Southeast Asia, and what it tells us about the ancient Cham civilization

In French

History lecture on Angkor Wat by Dr Chanratana Chen

In English

In typical US cable TV fashion, a travel around Angkor sites worth less for its historic accuracy than for some striking filming and period documentaries…

In English

The multiple female figures in a relatively small temple erected by Jayavarman VII

An erudite and intimate study on Preah Vihear and its cliff, "an open air theater for the cosmic dance of Shiva".

In English

Mainly based on Chinese sources and local inscriptions, the formidable study on the Kingdom of Champa and what it tells us about Angkor

In French & Chinese

A quest for Buddha's footprint artworks from India and Sri Lanka to China to Japan, South Korea, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia

In English

Terms and Doctrines of the Pali canon compiled by Bhikku Nyanatiloka

In English & Pali

A vast recension of therapeutical and medicinal plants across Southeast Asia

A major study on regional and global trade historic phases, their impact on development of polities and kingdoms around 1th-16th centuries Southeast asia.

In English

A deeply personal and reflective photographic work on Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and the Bayon.

In English

Archeological, architectural and historical sum on Indic influences in Southeast Asia.

In French