The case for proto-Dvāravatī: A review of the art historical and archaeological evidence

SA Murphy - Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2016 - cambridge.org
The mid-first millennium CE represents a crucial period in the emergence of early polities in
Southeast Asia. However, disagreement remains between archaeologists and art historians …

Flawed or Deliberately Altered Readings?

P Kieffer-Pülz - Simas: Foundations of Buddhist Religion, 2022 - degruyter.com
southwest Lanka. It was the first sīmā to be established by the new branch of Buddhist
monks, later known as the Amarapura Nikāya. The dispute began in 1851 and actively …

[PDF][PDF] South and Southeast Asia: historical archaeology

MT Stark - Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, Berlin, 2014 - researchgate.net
This essay reviews the historical archaeology of South and Southeast Asia from the inside
looking out and from the outside looking in. Most historical archaeological research has …

Rituals Set in Stone

SA Murphy - Simas: Foundations of Buddhist Religion, 2022 - books.google.com
In a Southeast Asian context, a sīmā on land is often demarcated by a set of boundary
stones usually referred to as sīmā stones. In modern-day Thailand for example, a set of eight …