The Champa Kingdom

The Champa Kingdom
Author: Georges Maspero
Publisher: White Lotus Company, Limited (Thailand)
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2002
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

The Cham of Vietnam

The Cham of Vietnam
Author: Tran Ky Phuong
Publisher: NUS Press
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 997169459X

The Cham people once inhabited and ruled over a large stretch of what is now the central Vietnamese coast. Written by specialists in history, archaeology, anthropology, art history, and linguistics, these essays reassess the ways that the Cham have been studied.

Champa and the Archaeology of Mỹ Sơn (Vietnam)

Champa and the Archaeology of Mỹ Sơn (Vietnam)
Author: Andrew David Hardy
Publisher: NUS Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2009
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9789971694517

The kings of ancient Champa, a civilization located in the central region of today's Vietnam, started building sacred temples in a circular valley more than 1500 years ago. The monuments, now known by the Vietnamese name M? So'n, were discovered by nineteenth-century colonial soldiers and first studied by the French architect Henri Parmentier. Bombed during the Vietnam War, the ruins of the brick towers, decorated with exquisite carvings and sculptures, were designated as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in 1999. An Italian team has worked at the site for the last ten years, doing archaeological research and restoration work in cooperation with Vietnamese specialists. This book is the first published volume based on their efforts. The opening section consists of historical, anthropological and architectural studies of the civilization of Champa. The remainder of the book presents an unusually intimate and extensively illustrated portrait of the archaeologists' research and restoration work at M? So'n. While this book is important for specialists and students of the history and archaeology of Champa and Southeast Asia, it also tells a fascinating story that will appeal to general readers and visitors to this exceptional archaeological site.

The Art of Champa

The Art of Champa
Author: Jean-François Hubert
Publisher: Parkstone International
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2023-12-28
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1783107391

In the 5th century, the Champa kingdom held sway over a large area of today’s Vietnam. Several magnificent structures still testify to their former presence in the Nha Trang region. Cham sculpture was worked in a variety of materials, principally sandstone, but also gold, silver and bronze. It was primarily used to illustrate themes from Indian mythology. The kingdom was gradually eroded during the 15th century by the inexorable descent of the people towards the south (“Nam Tiên”) from their original base in the Red River region. The author explores, describes, and comments on the various styles of Cham sculpture, drawing on a rich and, as yet, largely unpublished iconographic vein.

Early Civilizations of Southeast Asia

Early Civilizations of Southeast Asia
Author: Dougald J. W. O'Reilly
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780759102798

Using the archaeological record, O'Reilly traces the rise of the state in Southeast Asia in a general synthesis.

A History of Early Southeast Asia

A History of Early Southeast Asia
Author: Kenneth R. Hall
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2010-12-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0742567621

This comprehensive history provides a fresh interpretation of Southeast Asia from 100 to 1500, when major social and economic developments foundational to modern societies took place on the mainland (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam) and the island world (Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines). Incorporating the latest archeological evidence and international scholarship, Kenneth R. Hall enlarges upon prior histories of early Southeast Asia that did not venture beyond 1400, extending the study of the region to the Portuguese seizure of Melaka in 1511. Written for a wide audience of non-specialists, the book will be essential reading for all those interested in Asian and world history.

Pirates of Empire

Pirates of Empire
Author: Stefan Eklöf Amirell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2019-08-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108484212

This comparative study of piracy and maritime violence provides a fresh understanding of European overseas expansion and colonisation in Asia. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Cham Sculpture of the Tourane Museum, Da Nang, Vietnam

Cham Sculpture of the Tourane Museum, Da Nang, Vietnam
Author: Henri Parmentier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2001
Genre: Art, Cham
ISBN:

The first report in this book offers an overview of Cham art with sixty-five photographs and an introductory text by the eminent French archaeologist Henri Parmentier. Originally published in 1922, this book remains one of the best introductions to the treasures preserved in the Tourane Museum in Danang. It features splendid photographs of Cham art discovered in the main areas of this long lost culture-Mi Son, Dong Duong, Khuong My, and Tra Kieu. The development of Cham art is sketched against the background of Annamese migration pushing the Cham people and their kingdom ever further south. The second part consists of two research reports. The first one by Paul Mus summarizes what is known about the religious practices of the Cham people and is based on artifacts and translated inscriptions. The author also reviews evidence from contemporary Cham culture. The religious inheritance of Champa is related to Vedic, Indian, Chinese, and Annamese forms of worship, and the significance of the Champa king as intermediary between the gods and the soil is also discussed. The second report by Étienne Aymonier contains an overview, dated 1884-85, of the religious practices, ceremonies related to veneration of divinities, marriage, birth, priesthood, death, agriculture, collection of eagle wood, and other customs of both groups of Chams, Muslims and non-Muslims, in Vietnam, and Chams in Cambodia.

Champa

Champa
Author: Ramesh Chandra Majumdar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-06-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9789360802561