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India's Cultural Relations with South East Asia

Edited by Manjushree Rao, Susmita Pande and Bhaskar Nath Misra, Sharada, 1996, xiv, 202 p, plates, ISBN : 8185616396, $85.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)

Contents: Welcome address/Manjushree Rao. Inaugural address/Ashok Bajpai. Editorial note. I. The task before us: 1. India's cultural relations with South-East Asia--an assessment of the task before us/B.N. Misra. 2. Studying Indian cultural influence in South-East-Asia--trends and problems of perspective/Vijay Kumar Thakur and Bimal Kishore Singh. II. Geography: 1. Geographical set-up of the South-East Asian countries during the seventh century A.D./Manjushree Rao. 2. Prathet-Thai and India, toponomical perspective/R.N. Mehta. III. Culture: 1. Ancient India and South-East Asia/K.D. Bajpai. 2. India and Malay archipelago: a study in cultural interaction/Upendra Thakur. 3. Indian and Cambodian cultural relations/D.N. Tripathi. 4. The Brhatkatha-Sloka-Samgraha on maritime activities in the Gupta age/U.N. Roy. 5. Ancient Andhra--its intercourse with East and South-East Asia/B. Sree Padma. IV. Religion: 1. Buddhism in South-East Asian countries/B.N. Misra. 2. The Ramayana tradition in South-East Asia--a study in the transformations of myth, symbol and ethos/Susmita Pande. V. Art: 1. Rama reliefs at Prambanam/Krishna Deva. 2. The impact of Indian art on the South-East Asian countries/B.L. Nagarch. 3. Apsaras in Angkor Wat (Cambodia Kambuja)/R.G. Pandeya. 4. Identification of sculptures in the central hall of the Tabo monastery/Sudarshana Devi Singhal. 5. Avalokitesvara in Tun-Huang paintings/Lokesh Chandra and Sudarshana Devi Singhal. 6. The art of painted scroll in Indonesia/Shiv Kumar Sharma. VI. Performing arts: 1. The Jatakas and the origins of Burmese drama/Anupa Pande. VII. Polity: 1. Kingship and the cult of Devaraja in Kampuchea/K.M. Srivastava. VIII. Archaeology: 1. Comparative study of lower palaeolithic industries of India and South-East Asia/D.P. Sharma and Madhuri Sharma. IX. Epigraphy: 1. A note on Prasat Kandol Dom (North) inscription of Indravarman from Cambodia/G.C. Pande. 2. The Word Kosa in Sanskrit inscriptions of South-East Asia/P.K. Agrawala.

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