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Paris 1928, Van Oest. Stiff green wrs., very good, usual bit of spine head/tail & corner wear, contents brilliantly clean firm & solid, 278p., 40 collotype plates, French text,19.7 x 28.5 cm., index, chronology. * * RARE FIRST EDITION * * . *** **** *** . . A GRAND RESEARCH & INSIGHT TO THE CHAM CULTURE & HISTORY . . . WITH SUPERB EARLY PHOTOS OF ARCHITECTURE, STATUES & ICONS . . . REPRESENTING ALL FACETS OF CHAM ART WORKS . * With 40 stunning photo pages [each with 2-4 images] of Cham people, architecture, stone sculpture, jewelry, art ware, Indo-related religious articles, sculptures, animals and icons. Including photos of Cham people, Nha-trang & Khang-hoa people, pagodas, temples, monumental pillars, monuments, Apsara and other religious items including Buddha images, male & female Gods &c. . *** THE KINGDOM OF CHAMPA FROM: . Composed of a collection of independent Cham [Khmer] groups or small states, that extended across the coast of what is contemporary central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd century A.D. until 1832, when it was annexed by the Vietnamese Empire under its Emperor Minh Mang. . The Kingdoms of Champa and the Chams contribute profound and direct impacts to the history of Vietnam, Southeast Asia, as well as their present day. Early Champa, evolved from local seafaring Austronesian Chamic Sa Huynh culture off the coast of modern-day Vietnam. . The emergence of Champa at the late 2nd. century A.D. shows testimony of early Southeast Asian state crafting and crucia stage of the making of Southeast Asia. . The peoples of Champa had been established and maintained a vast system of lucrative trade networks across the region, connecting the Indian Ocean and Eastern Asia, until the 17th century. . In Champa, historians also witness the first and oldest native Southeast Asian language literature being written down around c.350 A.D., predating first Khmer, Mon, Malay texts by centuries. Extracted from Wikipedia, see below. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** Please inquire at our website for more and other resources about & related to Cambodia & Vietnam of the period. . *** REFERENCE: . Henri Cordier.: BIBLIOTHECA INDOSINICA: Dictionnaire Bibliographique Des Ouvrages Relatifs A La Peninsule Indochinoise, p.2814 * See Wikipedia article on Champa Kingdom . *.
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