Preface | p. 7 |
Chronological Table | p. 10 |
Introduction | p. 11 |
The age of 'discovery' | p. 12 |
The Mekong Exploration Commission | p. 14 |
The age of EFEO | p. 16 |
The ancient Khmer Empire | p. 17 |
The rebirth of Khmer archaeology | p. 18 |
Periods | p. 19 |
The Setting | p. 21 |
The Lower Mekong Basin | p. 21 |
The regions | p. 23 |
Flora and fauna | p. 27 |
Rice: the Khmer staff of life | p. 29 |
Peoples and Languages | p. 33 |
Cambodian genesis | p. 33 |
The peopling of Southeast Asia | p. 33 |
Languages: the big picture | p. 34 |
The Khmer language | p. 38 |
Writing | p. 39 |
Who are the Khmer? | p. 40 |
The Khmer Before History | p. 43 |
Hunters and gatherers | p. 43 |
The Early Farming period | p. 45 |
The diffusion of rice and village life | p. 46 |
Iron Age chiefdoms (c. 500 BC to c. AD 200-500) | p. 48 |
The circular earthworks puzzle | p. 49 |
The 'red soils' earthworks | p. 50 |
Rock paintings | p. 54 |
The Khmer before the great transformation | p. 55 |
Winds of Change: The Early Kingdoms Period | p. 57 |
'Funan' and 'Zhenla' | p. 57 |
The Delta chiefdoms | p. 61 |
Hands across the sea | p. 62 |
Indianization | p. 63 |
Oc Eo and early maritime contacts | p. 64 |
From chiefdoms to kingdoms | p. 68 |
Angkor Borei | p. 70 |
Sambor Prei Kuk | p. 73 |
Banteay Prei Nokor | p. 75 |
Wat Phu | p. 76 |
The bronzes of Prakhon Chai | p. 78 |
Special section: Hinduism | p. 76 |
Special section: Buddhism | p. 85 |
The Classic Angkor Period: From Kingdom to Empire | p. 97 |
The founding of the Khmer Empire | p. 97 |
Special section: Dynastic succession in Cambodia | p. 100 |
Hariharalaya: a proto-Angkor | p. 101 |
The 'Glory-bearing City': the founding of Angkor | p. 102 |
Interlude at Koh Ker | p. 107 |
Disruption and rebirth | p. 109 |
Special section: Banteay Srei | p. 110 |
'Protected by the Sun': the triumph of Suryavarman | p. 112 |
The Baphuon and the building of Phimai | p. 114 |
Suryavarman II, builder of Angkor Wat | p. 116 |
Special section: Angkor Wat | p. 117 |
Disaster | p. 122 |
Rebirth of the empire: Jayavarman VII | p. 122 |
Reaction and iconoclasm | p. 128 |
On the eve | p. 130 |
The Life and Culture of Classic Angkor | p. 131 |
The sources | p. 131 |
The divisions of Classic Khmer society | p. 133 |
Administration of the city and empire | p. 135 |
Law and order in ancient Angkor | p. 144 |
The economy | p. 145 |
Communications and transportation | p. 151 |
Architecture and the building trade | p. 155 |
Arts and crafts | p. 158 |
Daily life in ancient Angkor | p. 173 |
Entertainment and the performing arts | p. 179 |
Classic Khmer ritual life | p. 183 |
Warfare and the military | p. 185 |
Thought and culture in Classic Angkor | p. 188 |
Angkor: city and state | p. 191 |
The Post-Classic Period: Decline and Transformation | p. 195 |
The collapse of Classic Angkor | p. 196 |
The sources | p. 197 |
Theravada Buddhism and its meaning for Cambodia | p. 201 |
Angkor as a Theravada Buddhist complex | p. 204 |
Geopolitics | p. 205 |
The course of Post-Classic history | p. 208 |
Post-Classic society and administration | p. 213 |
Trade and commerce | p. 219 |
Post-Classic warfare | p. 219 |
The art of the Post-Classic | p. 220 |
Mental life in Post-Classic Cambodia | p. 222 |
Epilogue | p. 224 |
Rulers of the Khmer | p. 225 |
Visiting Angkor | p. 226 |
Notes to the Text | p. 226 |
Further Reading | p. 230 |
Sources of Illustrations | p. 234 |
Index | p. 235 |
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