Preface ......................................................... 7
Introduction ................................................... 11
1. Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia ........................ 15
The spread of Theravada Buddhism, its doctrines and
sacred texts ................................................ 15
Theravada Buddhism in the countries of Southeast Asia ...... 17
2. The iconography of Theravada Buddhism ....................... 19
Symbolical Buddha images .................................... 19
Buddha as an image in Southeast Asia ........................ 20
The system of Southeast Asian Buddhist iconography .......... 20
Seated Buddha images ........................................ 21
Standing Buddha images ...................................... 22
Walking Buddha image ........................................ 24
Reclining Buddha image ...................................... 24
Images of monks ............................................. 24
3. Burma ....................................................... 25
Mons, Pyus and Burmese: the pre-Pagan period ................ 25
The Pagan period (1057-1287) ................................ 27
The Ava period (1287-1752) .................................. 29
The Kon-baung period (1782-1885) and the colonial era
(1885-1941) ................................................. 30
4. Thailand .................................................... 40
The history of Thailand ..................................... 42
The Buddhist art of Thailand ................................ 42
The art of northern Thailand The Sukhothai school of art .... 43
(late 13th-early 15th century) Northern Thai (Chiang Sen)
school of art ............................................... 43
(11th-18th century) ......................................... 44
The art of Central and Southern Thailand The Ayutthaya
school ...................................................... 46
(mid- 14th-mid- 18th-century) The Bangkok school ............ 46
(late 18th-early 20th century) .............................. 46
5. Laos ........................................................ 63
History of Laos ............................................. 63
Buddhism in Laos ............................................ 64
Buddhist art in Laos ........................................ 66
6. Cambodia .................................................... 77
Pre-Angkor Khmer history and art ............................ 77
Cult and art in Angkor ...................................... 78
The spread and art of Theravada Buddhism in Cambodia ........ 80
7. Vietnam ..................................................... 83
The history of Buddhism in Vietnam .......................... 83
Vietnamese Buddhist art ..................................... 84
The structure of Vietnamese Buddhist temples ................ 85
Glossary ....................................................... 95
Selected bibliography .......................................... 99
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