Angkor Database

Themes

Religion & Belief

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Un Islam Insolite | An Unusual Islam, the Bani Cham in modern Vietnam

by Agnès De Féo

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

In French

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Angkor Wat Temple, from Hindu to Buddhist Shrine

by Chanratana Chen

History lecture on Angkor Wat by Dr Chanratana Chen

In English

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History Channel, Ancient Discoveries series

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

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Ta Som Devata

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

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Le Royaume de Champa | The Kingdom of Champa

by Georges Maspero

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

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Buddhapāda: In the Buddha's Footprints

by Jacques de Guerny

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

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ASEAN Herbal and Medicinal Plants

A vast recension of therapeutical and medicinal plants across Southeast Asia

Kenneth Hall History

A History of Early South East Asia

by Kenneth R. Hall

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