Relics, oaths and politics in thirteenth-century Siam.

From: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Date: February 1, 2001| Author: Wyatt, David K. | Copyright information

Recent efforts have re-dated the Wat Bang Sanuk inscription to 1219, long before the Ram Khamhaeng inscription of 1292. Attempts to assess the implications force a re-thinking of Thai rebellion against Angkor by linking rebellion to religious thought, including especially the discovery and public show of relics of the Buddha.

Among the many difficulties that plague the earlier (and later) history of Thailand, two are especially vexing: the problem of defining the geograp...

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