Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Timeline 1. Introduction: 'One of the Marvels of the World' 2. The Prehistoric Period in South-East Asia: 2300 BC-AD 400 3. The Earliest Civilization in South-East Asia: AD 150-550 4. The Early Kingdoms of Chenla: AD 550-800 5. The Dynasty of Jayavarman II: AD 800-1000 6. The Dynasty of the Sun Kings: AD 1000-1080 7. The Dynasty of Mahidharapura: AD 1080- 8. The Civilization of Angkor Glossary References for Further Reading Index

About the Author

Charles Higham has been active in archaeological research in Southeast Asia since 1969. He has published a series of final excavation reports and is the author of four major syntheses of the region's prehistory, The Archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia, The Bronze Age of Southeast Asia, Early Cultures of Southeast Asia, and Prehistoric Thailand (written with Rachanie Thosarat). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, James Cook Fellow at the University of Otago in New Zealand, and visiting scholar at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge.

Reviews

"The book presents an excellent collation of material from a variety of sources, and succeeds in being the most up-to-date historic summary of the Angkor civilization available. Highly Recommended"--Michael Freeman, Royal Society for Asian Affairs