UID:
edocfu_9959239578002883
Format:
1 online resource (394 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-280-86827-9
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9786610868278
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1-4294-5339-7
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90-474-0774-1
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1-4337-0719-5
Series Statement:
Handbook of oriental studies. Section 3, South-East Asia, v. 14 =
Content:
Written sources on Thai history are scarce. It took Hiram Woodward many years of painstaking archaeological and art-historical research to finally piece together this first ever comprehensive survey work on the art and architecture of Thailand from the earliest times until the establishment of the Thai-speaking kingdoms. The book, organized geographically and chronologically, covers four eras: the prehistoric period; the period characterized by the culture of the kingdom of Dvaravati; the centuries of Khmer dominance; and, as classical Khmer civilization waned, the period of the struggle for identity. A systematic and elucidating history of pre-fourteenth-century Thailand in a volume indispensable to historians of art, religion, politics, and society.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Preliminary Material -- The Geographic, Prehistoric, and Ethnographic Setting -- The First Millennium A. D. -- The Cambodian Expansion -- Creating a New Order -- Inscriptions Cited -- Bibliography -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-04-14440-4
Language:
English
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