Stories in Stone

by Burgess, John

• ISBN13: 9786167339016
• ISBN10: 6167339015
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-16
• Publisher: River Books

Summary

In the final months of 1979, a city was born in dry forestland along the border of Cambodia and Thailand. It was a city of refugees. The Khmer Rouge had been recently overthrown, and Cambodians fortunate enough to be alive were free to pick up and go whe

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 6
The Exodus	p. 8
The Priest	p. 16
An Empire Built and Lost	p. 24
The Naturalist	p. 30
The Linguist	p. 36
Mission to Sdok Kok Thom	p. 46
Messages from the Past	p. 52
Sadashiva's Testament	p. 60
The Great Conqueror	p. 64
The God King	p. 72
Dates Confused	p. 80
The Brahmin Landlords	p. 90
The Resident Spirit	p. 96
Pillage	p. 100
The Stone's Fate	p. 106
Resistance Stronghold	p. 112
Lethal Souvenirs	p. 122
Restoration	p. 128
Holy Ground Contested	p. 134
The Temple Today	p. 142
Why Sadashiva Wrote	p. 150
Postscript	p. 156
The Sdok Kok Thom Inscription: Full Translation	p. 160
Glossary	p. 192
Further Reading	p. 196
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