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Manohar History Economy and Religion Mainland Southeast Asia (c First Century CE-Fourteenth Century CE) by Birendra Nath Prasad
This book probes two broad themes: socio-economic and cultural ramifications of trade between India and Mainland Southeast Asia; and the processes behind the localisation of Indian religio-cultural influences in Southeast Asia. The areas covered in the book stretch from the Yunnan area of China in the north to the southernmost borders of Thailand in the south, and the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand in the west to the eastern coast of Vietnam in the east. About the Author Birendra Nath Prasad is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where he teaches economic and maritime history of ancient and early medieval India, social history of religion in ancient and early medieval India, and history of Southeast Asia to c. 1500 CE. His recent publications include Archaeology of Religion in South Asia: Buddhist, Brahmanical and Jaina Religious Centres in Bihar and Bengal, c. ad 600-1200; Rethinking Bihar and Bengal: History, Culture and Religion; and Religion in Society: Social Dimensions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism in India. He has also edited Maritime Southeast Asia: History, Culture and Religion, c. First Century CE–Fifteenth Century CE.