The origins of the civilization of Angkor

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1745-1744|74|283|27-28

ISSN: 0003-598x

Source: Antiquity, Vol.74, Iss.283, 2000-03, pp. : 27-28

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Abstract

The transition to states in mainland Southeast Asia began during the first centuries AD, and has commonly been ascribed to the adoption of Indian religious and political ideas which arrived on the maritime silk route. Recent research on the Khmer language inscriptions dating from 611 AD has revealed strong local traditions underlying the Indic veneer. In assessing these trends to increased social complexity, however, we have lacked insight into late prehistoric culture.