Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789047407744
Series Statement:
Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 3 Southeast 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:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004144408
Language:
English
