Chapter 1, Introduction
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12 The age of 'discovery'
14 The Mekong Exploration Commission
16 The age of EFFEO
17 The ancient Khmer Empire
18 The rebirth of Khmer archaeolog
19 Periods
Chapter 2, The Setting
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21 The Lower Mekong Basin
23 The regions
27 Flora and fauna
29 Rice: the Khmer staff of life
Chapter 3, Peoples and Languages
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33 Cambodian genesis
33 The peopling of Southeast Asia
34 Languages: the big picture
38 The Khme language
39 Writing
40 Who are the Khmer?
Chapter 4, The Khmer Before History
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43 Hunters and gatherers
45 The Early Farming period
46 The diffusion of rice and village life
48 Iron Age chiefdoms (c. 500 BC to c. AD 200-500)
49 The circular earthworks puzzle
50 The 'red soils' earthworks
54 Rock paintings
55 The Khmer before the great transformation
Chapter 5, Winds of Change: The Early Kingdoms Period
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57 'Funan' and 'Zhenla'
61 The Delta chiefdoms
62 Hands acros the sea
63 Indianization
64 Oc Eo and early maritime contacts
68 From chiefdoms to kingdoms
70 Angkor Borei
73 Sambor Prei Kuk
75 Banteay Prei Nokor
76 Wat Phu
78 The bronzes of Prakhon Chai
76 Special section: Hinduism
85 Special section: Buddhism
Chapter 6, The Classic Angkor Period: From Kingdom to Empire
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97 The founding of the Khmer Empire
100 Special Section Dynastic succession in Cambodia
101 Hariharalaya: a proto-Angkor
102 The 'Glory-bearing City': the founding of Angkor
107 Interlude atKoh Ker
109 Disruption and rebirth
110 Special Section: Bateay Srei
112 'Protected by the Sun': the triumph of Suryavaran
114 The Baphoun and the builing of Phimai
116 Suryavarma II, builder of Angkor Wat
117 Special section: Angkor Wat
122 Disaster
122 Rebirth of the empire: Jayavarman
128 Reaction and iconoclasm
130 On the eve
Chapter 7, The Life and Culture of Classic Angkor
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131 The sources
133 The divisions of Classic Khmer society
135 Administration of the city and empire
144 Law and order in ancient Angkor
145 The economy
151 Communications and transportation
155 Architecture and the building trade
158 Arts and crafts
173 Daily life in ancient Angkor
179 Entertainment and the performing arts
183 Classic Khmer ritual life
185 Warfare and the military
188 Thought and culture in Classic Angkor
191 Angkor: city and state
Chapter 8, The Post-Classic Period: Decline and Transformation
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196 The collapse of Classic Angkor
197 The sources
201 Theravada Buddhism and its meaning for Cambodia
204 Angkor as a Theravada Buddhist complex
205 Geopolitics
208 The course of Post-Classic history
213 Post-Classic society and administrtion
219 Trade and commerce
219 Post-Classic warfare
220 The art of Post-Classic
222 Mental life in Post-Classc Cambodiea
224 Epilougue
225 Rulers of the Khmer
226 Visiting Angkor
226 Notes to the Text
230 Further Reading
234 Sources of illustrations
235 Index