The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXXXIX, Part 1-2 ... - Khamkoo

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1'he Glimpses n} Ear~\' lndo~lndotwfinu
Culwre, 1hc Colh:ctt'd l'apers u/ 1/iman:w
Bhuwn 5iarJ.:ar. gi\'C$ very vaJunb1c knowledge
of carJy lru.lon~:s i an culture a:-: well :1s South­
F.as' As1an culrul'¢ rn g~nc ra l. From this hook.
South .. EasL /\sian scholnrs m:1y prob~ fllrthcr
into various ttSpt:t:h uf t'ultural links bel\veen
Somh- Easl Asian t.:uuntrics allC.l India. Dr.
B;.n:hch:m Kuma1· of thl! I nJira Gruldht \J~JliO I MI
Centre for Lhc Art~ hu :-. done an -nd1nirable t~sl-.
of editing. \Vc an: gratd'ul tn him fnr hrint,?.illl!
10 \llh!lllion a _g.~o..:a l \'t'IUnh.' of stholarl) paper:..
hy th" late Pwfcssor H.B. Sarknndto ts one ol'
1he few emuu:nt lnd1an scholars rc.searchutg (111
I he cl:tsst"al period ofSouth-Ga>t Asw.
P1'olt·ssor Emeritus Srisurnng PooltluJpya
f\adunal L i b ra ry ~ Dcpartmt:rll \)f Fin.: :\n_'i:
Tamrii Blttih t5( '\'(~l[tJ) /at' Oewlla i.VabagnriJ ,
13angk•>k. I YY2
Dunng 1hc nlneteemh cenmry. 1hc Bangkok
t."'"htc p rodu~L'cl u number of Illustrated m:tnuscripts
1IH11 might bl' wrm~d ·compcnthn of
llmdu Iconography'. s.;;:vcrnl of \\'hidl \\l'l'c
h...:quu·ci.J by lhe Nutwnul Lihmry anrl an.•
!available (or stuLiy. In I 9Y2 the Library
puhlishcd five or them (nos. 31' J2. 33. (1\) a.nd
70l- fnr whit:h WL' urc in il:-. dd,l, hut \Vilht'lll
nny H1h.'ll!pl ~1 1 ;JTlalysi!-1- or L'Xphmalion. This
was perh:tps WJS.:'. i.l~ 1l Lc~i \ t.::s upl·n tmportanl
quc!>lwns as h) 1 he mcnning and purpl iS~;: nf th!!
n mnus~.;np b. th~: rclation~ h l p !' bct\\'CL'n rhem.
~u1d rhe SQU rccs t'ron1 Wh 1th Lb...:y were
Ct)mposcd
Ltkc m;;~n y old Thai manuscripts, Lhese benr
1\(1 dntcs, no deJiniuvc: tttlcs. and nu prcti.u.:cz.; llr
colophnns thund 10 the
p rc ·RutJU~I'fiiW !-.tory trs we hav~ it i 11 Rtl mo/..irJj
Jumnal 0/ tlu.• Sinm Sw·iel\ X9. 1 & 2 (2001}