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‘From all quarters of the Indian world’: The temple at Rameshvaram, Hindu kings and Dutch merchants (2023)
Journal Article
Bes, L., & Branfoot, C. (2024). ‘From all quarters of the Indian world’: The temple at Rameshvaram, Hindu kings and Dutch merchants. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 34(2), 325-359. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186323000329

On Rameshvaram island in the south-east corner of India lies one of Hinduism's most important temples—the Rāmanāthasvāmi, one of the four dhams (‘holy abodes’) and the site of two Śiva-liṅgas said to have been consecrated by Rāma himself. A temple ha... Read More about ‘From all quarters of the Indian world’: The temple at Rameshvaram, Hindu kings and Dutch merchants.

Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.2: Heritage without History (2023)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2023). Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.2: Heritage without History. Berliner indologische Studien, 26,

The concluding part of the essay Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhadeśa II presents illustrated sections on Indora, Māmoṃ, Thūbana, Bahorībanda, Seroṃna, Pacarāī, Golākoṭa, Mahebā and Bajarañgagaṛha, Devagaṛha and Būṛhī Canderī. It introduces the method of f... Read More about Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.2: Heritage without History.

รายงานการสำรวจและขุดค้นทางโบราณคดีแหล่งโลหกรรม ในเขตลุ่มน้ำยมตอนบน กับการวิเคราะห์ตีความเกี่ยวกับกระบวนการผลิตโลหะสมัยสุโขทัย [Survey and Excavation Report on Metallurgical Sites in the Upper Yom River Basin, and an Initial Analysis of Metallurgical Production in the Sukhothai Period] (2023)
Journal Article
Theerasak, T. (2023). รายงานการสำรวจและขุดค้นทางโบราณคดีแหล่งโลหกรรม ในเขตลุ่มน้ำยมตอนบน กับการวิเคราะห์ตีความเกี่ยวกับกระบวนการผลิตโลหะสมัยสุโขทัย [Survey and Excavation Report on Metallurgical Sites in the Upper Yom River Basin, and an Initial Analysis of Metallurgical Production in the Sukhothai Period]. Pratu (London), 2(Report 2), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00039943

รายงานนี้เป็นส่วนหนึ่งของโครงการศึกษาวิจัยพัฒนาการทางสังคมและวัฒนธรรมก่อนกำเนิดรัฐสุโขทัย ดำเนินงานโดยสำนักศิลปากรที่ 6 สุโขทัย โดยมีประเด็นเรื่องพัฒนาการด้านโลหกรรมเป็นคำถามสำคัญหนึ่งของงานวิจัย เนื่องจากงานศิลปกรรมสำริดในสมัยสุโขทัยเป็นหลักฐานสำคัญ... Read More about รายงานการสำรวจและขุดค้นทางโบราณคดีแหล่งโลหกรรม ในเขตลุ่มน้ำยมตอนบน กับการวิเคราะห์ตีความเกี่ยวกับกระบวนการผลิตโลหะสมัยสุโขทัย [Survey and Excavation Report on Metallurgical Sites in the Upper Yom River Basin, and an Initial Analysis of Metallurgical Production in the Sukhothai Period].

Expecting the Unexpected: New Archaeological Finds at the Shwedagon Pagoda [မျှော်မှန်းမထားသည်များအတွက်ကြိုတင်ပြင်ဆင်ထားပါ – ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်မှ အသစ်တွေ့ရှေးဟောင်းသုတေသနအထောက်အထားများ] (2023)
Journal Article
Saw, T. L. (2023). Expecting the Unexpected: New Archaeological Finds at the Shwedagon Pagoda [မျှော်မှန်းမထားသည်များအတွက်ကြိုတင်ပြင်ဆင်ထားပါ – ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်မှ အသစ်တွေ့ရှေးဟောင်းသုတေသနအထောက်အထားများ]. Pratu (London), 2(Report 1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00039642

The Shwedagon Pagoda situated on Singuttara Hill in the centre of Yangon, is traditionally believed to have existed during the lifetime of the Buddha. Some archaeological remnants of earlier periods have occasionally been found during renovation and... Read More about Expecting the Unexpected: New Archaeological Finds at the Shwedagon Pagoda [မျှော်မှန်းမထားသည်များအတွက်ကြိုတင်ပြင်ဆင်ထားပါ – ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်မှ အသစ်တွေ့ရှေးဟောင်းသုတေသနအထောက်အထားများ].

Pemulangan Benda Cagar Budaya dan Identitas Nasional pada Era Pascakolonial di Indonesia (2023)
Journal Article
Sapardan, W. (2023). Pemulangan Benda Cagar Budaya dan Identitas Nasional pada Era Pascakolonial di Indonesia. Pratu (London), 2(Article 2), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00039539

Dalam konteks pascakolonial, pemulangan benda cagar budaya seringkali dikaitkan dengan penguatan identitas budaya dan nasional dari masyarakat bekas wilayah jajahan. Dengan fokus utama pada kehidupan sebuah objek yaitu arca Prajñāpāramitā, makalah in... Read More about Pemulangan Benda Cagar Budaya dan Identitas Nasional pada Era Pascakolonial di Indonesia.

Recursion, Remembering and Re-telling Time in the Stupas of Pagan [ပုဂံဘုရားပုထိုးများအကြောင်း ထပ်တလဲလဲ အဓိပ္ပါယ်ဖွင့်ဆိုခြင်း၊ အမှတ်ရခြင်းနှင့် အချိန်အား ပြန်ပြောင်းပြောဆိုခြင်း] (2023)
Journal Article
Yeo, M. S. E. (2023). Recursion, Remembering and Re-telling Time in the Stupas of Pagan [ပုဂံဘုရားပုထိုးများအကြောင်း ထပ်တလဲလဲ အဓိပ္ပါယ်ဖွင့်ဆိုခြင်း၊ အမှတ်ရခြင်းနှင့် အချိန်အား ပြန်ပြောင်းပြောဆိုခြင်း]. Pratu (London), 2(Article 1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00039538

This article examines how time is recursively presented and structured by the stupas of Pagan to form a chronological narrative, and to what purpose. Recursion — the reproduction of something within itself in a potentially infinite pattern — is seen... Read More about Recursion, Remembering and Re-telling Time in the Stupas of Pagan [ပုဂံဘုရားပုထိုးများအကြောင်း ထပ်တလဲလဲ အဓိပ္ပါယ်ဖွင့်ဆိုခြင်း၊ အမှတ်ရခြင်းနှင့် အချိန်အား ပြန်ပြောင်းပြောဆိုခြင်း].

Six Jaina Bronzes (2023)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P., Krüger, P., & Shah, P. (2023). Six Jaina Bronzes. In P. Flügel, H. De Jonckheere, & R. Söhnen-Thieme (Eds.), Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions (96-103). Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS

Jain metal altars can be found in numerous museums and
collections outside India. Most of these objects come from
western India and were produced between the 11th and 19th
century. Although large numbers of these altar pieces exist, an
in-depth s... Read More about Six Jaina Bronzes.

Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions (2023)
Book
Flügel, P., De Jonckheere, H., & Söhnen-Thieme, R. (Eds.). (2023). Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions. Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS

Jaina thinkers developed different perspectives on the relationship between the soul and the material non-soul. These perspectives can be categorised into two basic stances, namely classical and spiritualistic Jaina philosophy, each with its variants... Read More about Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions.

Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.1: Sites of Non-Memory (2021)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2021). Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.1: Sites of Non-Memory. Berliner indologische Studien, 25, 213-308

In Jaina Studies, the articulation between lived religion, cultural memory, and the cultural unconscious remains largely unexamined. The biographies of “founding figures” are obscure, and very little can be said about the origins of key texts and fra... Read More about Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.1: Sites of Non-Memory.

Revenons, Revenants: Mémoires d’Angkor (2021)
Book Chapter
Thompson, A. (2021). Revenons, Revenants: Mémoires d’Angkor. In J. Thach, E. Bourdonneau, & G. Mikaelian (Eds.), Temps et Temporalités khmères : de près, de loin, entre îles et péninsules (345 -375). Peter Lang

Durgā Mahiṣāsuramardinī in Likely Tantric Buddhist Context from the Northern Indian Subcontinent to 11th-Century Bali [Durga Mahiṣāsuramardinī dalam konteks agama Buddha Tantrayana dari Subkontinen India Utara dan Bali pada abad ke-11] (2020)
Journal Article
Calo, A. (2020). Durgā Mahiṣāsuramardinī in Likely Tantric Buddhist Context from the Northern Indian Subcontinent to 11th-Century Bali [Durga Mahiṣāsuramardinī dalam konteks agama Buddha Tantrayana dari Subkontinen India Utara dan Bali pada abad ke-11]. Pratu (London), 1(3), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00032820

This study examines the significance of the originally Hindu goddess Durgā Mahiṣāsuramardinī (Durgā slaying the buffalo demon) in Tantric Buddhist temple contexts of the 8th–11th century in Afghanistan and northeastern India, and 11th-century Bali. T... Read More about Durgā Mahiṣāsuramardinī in Likely Tantric Buddhist Context from the Northern Indian Subcontinent to 11th-Century Bali [Durga Mahiṣāsuramardinī dalam konteks agama Buddha Tantrayana dari Subkontinen India Utara dan Bali pada abad ke-11].

A Blessing for the Land: The Architecture Art and History of a Buddhist Convent in Mustang Nepal (2018)
Book
Harrison, J., Luczanits, C., Ramble, C., & Drandul, N. (Eds.). (2018). A Blessing for the Land: The Architecture Art and History of a Buddhist Convent in Mustang Nepal. Vajra Books

In Nepal’s Mustang District, on the right bank of the Kali Gandaki river facing the large settlement of Tshug (Chusang), is a low hill known as Gönpa Gang, the “convent ridge.” Standing on the ridge are the remains of a Buddhist site, Künzang Chöling... Read More about A Blessing for the Land: The Architecture Art and History of a Buddhist Convent in Mustang Nepal.

Cultural Landscapes of Later Myanmar (2016)
Book Chapter
Khine Pyae Sone, & Tan, H. (2016). Cultural Landscapes of Later Myanmar. In S. Murphy (Ed.), Cities and Kings. Ancient Treasures from Myanmar (58-73). Asian Civilisations Museum

Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition Cities and Kings. Ancient Treasures from Myanmar. Organised by the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Ministry of Cultu... Read More about Cultural Landscapes of Later Myanmar.

The Many Streams of Buddhist Art in Thailand (2012)
Book Chapter
Tan, H. (2012). The Many Streams of Buddhist Art in Thailand. In H. Tan (Ed.), Enlightened Ways. The Many Streams of Buddhist Art in Thailand (8-17). Asian Civilisations Museum

Examining Early Buddhist Materials from Srivijaya (2008)
Book Chapter
Tan, H. (2008). Examining Early Buddhist Materials from Srivijaya. In G. P. Krishnan (Ed.), On the Nalanda Trail. Buddhism in India, China and Southeast Asia (82-88). Asian Civilisations Museum