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The Malay Peninsula: crossroads of the maritime Silk Road, 100 BC-1300 AD

Michel Jacq-Hergoualc'h and Victoria Hobson 2002 © Brill Academic Publishers Inc.
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  • 9789047400684 (ebook)
  • 9789004119734 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Comparative/World
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  • Frontmatter
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (page xix)
  • LIST OF DOCUMENTS (page xxi)
  • LIST OF FIGURES (page xxiii)
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (page xxxvii)
  • INTRODUCTION (page 1)
  • CHAPTER I. THE IMPACT OF GEOLOGY, RELIEF AND CLIMATE ON THE HISTORIC DESTINY OF THE MALAY PENINSULA (page 3)
    • A. Geological History (page 4)
    • B. The Great Relief Zones (page 8)
    • C. The Climate (page 17)
  • CHAPTER II. THE MALAY PENINSULA: OBSTACLE OR SOURCE OF CONTACTS AND PROFIT AMONG THE ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS? (page 23)
    • A. The Peoples of the Malay Peninsula (page 23)
    • B. The Malay Peninsula as Obstacle (page 30)
    • C. The Peninsula as Source of Contacts and Profits (page 61)
  • CHAPTER III. CONTACTS BETWEEN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT AND THE MALAY PENINSULA BEFORE INDIANIZATION (page 73)
    • A. New Definitions of Indianization (page 74)
    • B. Inter-Regional Contacts in Southeast Asia in the Early Period (page 74)
    • C. Contacts between India and Southeast Asia in the Early Period (page 80)
  • CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST ACCOUNTS OF INDIANIZATION IN THE MALAY PENINSULA: FROM THE FIRST CENTURIES OF THE ERA TO THE END OF THE 4TH CENTURY (page 95)
  • CHAPTER V. PANPAN, FROM THE 5TH TO THE 8TH CENTURY: HISTORY AND BRAHMANICAL RELIGIOUS REMAINS (page 107)
    • A. Historic References to Panpan in the Asian Context (page 107)
    • B. Brahmanical Religious Remains (page 116)
  • CHAPTER VI. PANPAN, FROM THE 5TH TO THE 8TH CENTURY: BUDDHIST RELIGIOUS REMAINS (page 143)
    • A. Images of Traditional Buddhism (page 143)
    • B. Mahāyāna Images (page 149)
    • C. Votive Tablets (page 155)
    • D. Votive STŪPAS (page 158)
  • CHAPTER VII. LANGKASUKA: FROM THE 5TH TO THE END OF THE 8TH CENTURY (page 161)
    • A. Langkasuka in the Ancient Texts (page 161)
    • B. On the Site of Langkasuka: Remains Linked to Religious Rites (page 166)
    • C. On the Site of Langkasuka: Remains from Commercial Activity (page 191)
  • CHAPTER VIII. JIECHA (SOUTH KEDAH): FROM THE 5TH TO THE END OF THE 8TH CENTURY. CHITU: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 7TH CENTURY (page 193)
    • JIECHA (SOUTH KEDAH) (page 193)
    • A. South Kedah in the Early Texts (page 193)
    • B. The Possible Geography and Economy of South Kedah in the Early Period (page 197)
    • C. The First Archaeological Vestiges of South Kedah (page 202)
    • CHITU (page 229)
  • CHAPTER IX. ŚRĪVIJAYA AND THE MALAY PENINSULA: FROM THE END OF THE 7TH TO THE 8TH CENTURY (page 233)
    • A. Śrīvijaya: Myth or Reality? (page 233)
    • B. Śrīvijaya's Hold over the Peninsula: Literary and Epigraphical Indications (7th to 8th Centuries) (page 240)
    • C. Towards a Reappraisal of Śrīvijaya's Hold over the Malay Peninsula (page 248)
  • CHAPTER X. THE TURN OF THE 9TH CENTURY IN THE MALAY PENINSULA: THE ASIAN POLITICAL CONTEXT AND THE ENTREPÔT PORTS (page 257)
    • A. The Political Context of Asia in the 9th Century (page 258)
    • B. The Entrepôt Ports of the 9th Century (page 280)
  • CHAPTER XI. THE TURN OF THE 9th CENTURY IN THE MALAY PENINSULA: RELIGIOUS REMAINS (page 301)
    • A. Architectural Remains (page 301)
    • Panpan (page 301)
    • Langkasuka (page 308)
    • B. Sculptural Remains (page 311)
    • Panpan (page 311)
    • The Southern part of Panpan (page 318)
    • Langkasuka (page 326)
    • The region of Takua Pa (page 328)
    • The caves of the Trang Region (page 331)
    • Two caves in Perlis (Malaysia) (page 332)
    • The cave of Gua Berhala in Kelantan (Malaysia) (page 332)
    • South Kedah (page 332)
    • Perak (page 333)
    • Vicinity of Pulau Ketam near Klang (Selangor, Malaysia) (page 335)
  • CHAPTER XII. THE SITUATION IN THE MALAY PENINSULA IN THE 10th AND 11th CENTURIES: THE APPEARANCE OF TAMBRALINGA (page 339)
    • A. The Politico-Commercial Asian Context in the 10th and 11th Centuries (page 340)
    • B. Archaeological Remains that Bear Witness to the 10th and 11th Centuries in the Malay Peninsula (page 361)
  • CHAPTER XIII. THE COMMERCIAL BOOM IN THE MALAY PENINSULA IN THE 12th AND 13th CENTURIES: IN TAMBRALINGA (page 391)
    • A. The Asian Political Context in the 12th and 13th Centuries (page 392)
    • B. Tambralinga in the 12th Century (page 399)
    • C. Tambralinga from the End of the 12th to the Beginning of the 13th Century (page 421)
  • CHAPTER XIV. THE COMMERCIAL BOOM IN THE MALAY PENINSULA IN THE 12th AND 13th CENTURIES: IN JIECHA (SOUTH KEDAH) (page 443)
    • A. The Entrepots Port Sites (page 443)
    • B. The Architectural Remains (page 457)
    • C. Archaeological Discoveries (page 472)
  • CONCLUSION (page 489)
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 497)
  • CHRONOLOGY (page 579)
  • INDEX (page 585)
  • DOCUMENTS (page 609)
  • FIGURES (page 655)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
BTLV 159.2/3 (2003): 405-407 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27868038
JAS 62.2 (May 2003): 706-708 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3096336
JRASS 14.2 (July 2004): 155-159 http://www.jstor.org/stable/25188455
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