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Preface | |
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Chronological Table | |
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Introduction | |
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The age of 'discovery' | |
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The Mekong Exploration Commission | |
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The age of EFEO | |
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The ancient Khmer Empire | |
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The rebirth of Khmer archaeology | |
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Periods | |
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The Setting | |
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The Lower Mekong Basin | |
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The regions | |
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Flora and fauna | |
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Rice: the Khmer staff of life | |
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Peoples and Languages | |
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Cambodian genesis | |
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The peopling of Southeast Asia | |
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Languages: the big picture | |
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The Khmer language | |
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Writing | |
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Who are the Khmer? | |
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The Khmer Before History | |
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Hunters and gatherers | |
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The Early Farming period | |
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The diffusion of rice and village life | |
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Iron Age chiefdoms (c. 500 BC to c. AD 200-500) | |
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The circular earthworks puzzle | |
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The 'red soils' earthworks | |
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Rock paintings | |
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The Khmer before the great transformation | |
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Winds of Change: The Early Kingdoms Period | |
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'Funan' and 'Zhenla' | |
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The Delta chiefdoms | |
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Hands across the sea | |
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Indianization | |
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Oc Eo and early maritime contacts | |
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From chiefdoms to kingdoms | |
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Angkor Borei | |
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Sambor Prei Kuk | |
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Banteay Prei Nokor | |
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Wat Phu | |
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The bronzes of Prakhon Chai | |
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Special section: Hinduism | |
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Special section: Buddhism | |
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The Classic Angkor Period: From Kingdom to Empire | |
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The founding of the Khmer Empire | |
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Special section: Dynastic succession in Cambodia | |
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Hariharalaya: a proto-Angkor | |
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The 'Glory-bearing City': the founding of Angkor | |
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Interlude at Koh Ker | |
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Disruption and rebirth | |
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Special section: Banteay Srei | |
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'Protected by the Sun': the triumph of Suryavarman | |
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The Baphuon and the building of Phimai | |
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Suryavarman II, builder of Angkor Wat | |
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Special section: Angkor Wat | |
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Disaster | |
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Rebirth of the empire: Jayavarman VII | |
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Reaction and iconoclasm | |
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On the eve | |
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The Life and Culture of Classic Angkor | |
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The sources | |
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The divisions of Classic Khmer society | |
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Administration of the city and empire | |
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Law and order in ancient Angkor | |
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The economy | |
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Communications and transportation | |
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Architecture and the building trade | |
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Arts and crafts | |
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Daily life in ancient Angkor | |
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Entertainment and the performing arts | |
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Classic Khmer ritual life | |
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Warfare and the military | |
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Thought and culture in Classic Angkor | |
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Angkor: city and state | |
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The Post-Classic Period: Decline and Transformation | |
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The collapse of Classic Angkor | |
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The sources | |
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Theravada Buddhism and its meaning for Cambodia | |
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Angkor as a Theravada Buddhist complex | |
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Geopolitics | |
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The course of Post-Classic history | |
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Post-Classic society and administration | |
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Trade and commerce | |
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Post-Classic warfare | |
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The art of the Post-Classic | |
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Mental life in Post-Classic Cambodia | |
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Epilogue | |
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Rulers of the Khmer | |
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Visiting Angkor | |
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Notes to the Text | |
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Further Reading | |
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Sources of Illustrations | |
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Index | |