The Tai and Nanzhao
A reader left a comment recently on a blog post that I wrote 14 years ago about what I thought was evidence of some Tai-language speaking people in the area…
The Jawa – Cham Connection
I was recently reading an article by historian Nicolas Weber entitled “Malays in the Indochinese Peninsula: Adventurers, Warlords and Ministers” [Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society…
Locating Foluo’an 佛羅安
Over the past several years, I have been going through the Chinese sources for Southeast Asian history and reinterpreting them. One big issue that I have found is that people…
Southeast Asia in the History of the Song
The History of the Song (Songshi 宋史) is a very important source for the study of Southeast Asian history.One section of that work that is particularly important is Liezhuan 列傳…
The History of Cambodia You Never Knew About
As I have been writing for years now, there is a place name in Chinese sources, Sanfoqi 三佛齊, which, for the past 100+ years, scholars have thought indicated a place…
The Extremely Modern Knowledge of a “Traditional” Vietnamese Scholar
There is a general narrative about modern Vietnamese history which states that at the beginning of the twentieth century, the traditionally-trained educated elite failed to adapt to the changes of…
Locating Zhenla
Update: No, I'm wrong in this post. I didn't realize people can cover so much distance in a month. To get from Champa to say Sambor Prei Kuk in that…
Intermarriage in Early Cambodia and Indian Colonies in the East
I recently translated the section on Zhenla, a polity that appears to have existed in the area of what is now Cambodia and southern Vietnam, in the History of the…
Conquest and Religious Change in Early Cambodia
Hey kids!! Let’s draw a picture by connecting the dots!!The Treatise on the Success and Obstructions in the Spread of the Dharma (Fayun tongsai zhi 法運通塞志) in Zhipan’s 志磐 (ca.…
Should Anyone Formally Study History Anymore?
A kind reader asked me if I would recommend pursuing the path of studying history. . . And I don’t have an answer, but I have certain thoughts. So, I’ll…
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