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Title:
Volume 27 - Issue 1
Date:
1973
Table of contents:
- p. 2-5: Anand, Mulk Raj, A Forgotten Culture [Editorial] | This special issue presents the first analytical treatment of the art of Angkor, which was inspired by the Hindu and Buddhist art of India. The Angkor complex were discovered, described, analysed, and renovated by the Khmer people, under the advice of the Ecole de Extreme Orient of France.
- p. 6-14: The Mask and the Smile | Photographs of Khmer sculptures depicting Bodhisattvas, ordinary mortals, and the smile of Buddha recreated by the carvers of Angkor.
- p. 15: Chronology | A chronological list of the Cambodian kings, with important monuments and capitals built during their rule.
- p. 16-22: Narayanan, T., The Glory that was Angkor: Historical Background | "Angkor", derived from the Sanskrit "Nagara", is a vast complex of ruined temples in Cambodia. It represents a fusion of Indian and Southeast Asian indigenous culture. The article discusses the antecedents which produced the Angkor culture, and the development of Cambodian architecture under Jayavarman II (802) and his successors.
- p. 23-53: Narayanan, T., Civilisation and Culture in the Mekong Valley | The Khmer civilization began in the first century CE in the delta of the Mekong river, Cambodia. The architectural patterns developed through the Funan (1st-6th centuries), Chen-la (7th century to 1st half of 9th century), and Angkor (2nd half of 9th century to 13th century) periods. The sculptural and architectural remains -- temples, towns, stone images -- represent 13 different styles at the sites datable to these historical phases: Sambor, Prei-Khmeng, Kampong Preah, Kulen, Preah Koh, Bakong, Phnom Bakheng, Koh Ker, Banteay Srei, Kleang, Baphuan, Angkor Vat, and Bayon.