Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction xi
6. 1. The Early and the Imperial Kingdom in Southeast Asian History 1
7. 2. Hydrau lie Works and Southeast Asian Polities 23
8. 3. Some Notes on Relations between Central and local (jovernment in Ancient Java 49
9. 4. Negara, Mandala, and Despotic State: Images of Early Java 65
10. 5. Some Remarks on Early State Formation in Cambodia 95
11. 6. "Elephants Can Actually Swim": Contemporary Chinese Views of Late Ly Dai Viet 117
12. 7. Authority and Legitimacy in 11th Century Vietnam 139
13. 8. From Myth to History: Imagined Polities in 14th Century Vietnam 177
14. 9. Shipshape Societies: Boat Symbolism and Political Systems in Insular Southeast Asia 187
15. 10. Changing Perspectives in Island Southeast Asia 215
16. 11. Political and Cultural Continuities at Dvaravati Sites 229
17. 12. The True and the Corbel Arch in Mainland Southeast Asian Monumental Architecture 239
18. 13. Vietnamese Ceramics and Cultural Identity: Evidence from the Ly and T ran Dynasties 255
19. 14. Traditions, Acculturation, Renovation: The Evolutional Pattern of Vietnamese Culture 271
20. 15. Symbolism of Kingship in Arakan 279
21. 16. Buddhism in Champa 289
22. 17. The Ordering of (jenerations: Change and Continuity in Old Javanese Kinship 315
23. 18. Sources on Economic Activities in Khmer and Cham Lands 327
24. 19. Narrative Bas-Reliefs at Candi Surawana 335
25. 20. Possibilities for a Reading of the 1293-1357 Period in the Vietnamese Annals 369
26. Index 411