Studies on India China and South East Asia : Posthumous Papers of Prof. Adhir Chakravarti
Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. South-east Asia: 1. Dr. R.C. Majumdar\'s contribution on the study of South-East Asian history--an appraisal. 2. The economic foundations of three ancient civilizations of South-East Asia : Borobudur, Dvaravati and Angkor : preliminary report of a study tour in some countries of South-East Asia in April-May 1985 (with synopsis). 3. Kamboja (10-13 century A.D.). 4. Burma. 5. Urban development of Pre-Angkorian Cambodia. 6. Champa, from late 10 century to early 13 century A.D. 7. Ceylon and South India. 8. The economic foundations of the Angkor Empire. 9. Recent trends in Cambodian historiography (1956-81). 10. Javanese literature. 11. Sumatra on the direct route from India to China. 12. Mithila / Alavi-Rastra. 13. Java-Bali. 14. Annam. II. India and South-East Asia: 15. The Kalinga/Kalen/Klin (Heling) Poling problem : a re-examination. 16. The agents, extent, and profundity of Indian cultural expansion in South-East Asia--a re-examination. III. India and China: 17. Maritime contacts of ancient Bengal and Orissa with China and South-East Asia. 18. Early history of Sin-Indian maritime trade. 19. Harikela\'s contacts with outside world. 20. India-China relations during the Northern Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960-1127). Bibliography. Index.
"The editor, through sustained effort, has selected twenty outstanding articles by the late Professor Adhir Chakravarti appertaining to wideranging facets of Asin Studies. The essays are arranged into three sections and comprise such topics as Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Kamboja, Java-Sumatra, Dvaravati, Annam, Champa, Nanchao (Mithila Rastra), Bali, Heling-Kalinga, Harikela\'s (South-East Bengal\'s) foreign contacts, ancient Bengal and Orissa\'s relations with China, a re-examination of the issue of Indian Cultural expansion in South-East Asia and dimensions of India-China trade and relations at a time when Chinese Navy was in its early stage of development. His critique of R.C. Majumdar\'s contribution is essentially a resume of the entire gamut of South-East Asian history. The author\'s tour de force consists in the textual evidences being strengthened by proofs from inscriptions, artefacts, epigraphical discoveries and so on. All these factors make this volume an important addition to this area of study.
A must read for both scholars and students." (jacket)
