Stories in stone : the Sdok Kok Thom inscription & the enigma of Khmer history / John Burgess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burgess, John, 1951-

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Khmer.

Inscriptions, Khmer.

Cambodia--Civilization.

Cambodia.

Civilization.

Sdok Kak Thoṃ inscription.

Inscriptions, Khmer--Thailand--Aranyaprathet (Amphoe).

Sdok Kak Thoṃ Temple (Aranyaprathet, Thailand).

Art, Khmer--Thailand--Aranyaprathet (Amphoe).

Thailand--Antiquities.

Thailand.

Antiquities.

Thailand--Aranyaprathet (Amphoe).

Physical Description:

197 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Bangkok, Thailand : River Books, 2010.

Summary:

In the final months of 1979, a city was born in dry forestland along the border of Cambodia and Thailand. It was a city of refugees. The Khmer Rouge had been recently overthrown, and Cambodians fortunate enough to be alive were free to pick up and go where they wanted. Many chose to make for a frontier settlement that became known as Camp 007. The camp was located close to Sadok Kok Thom Temple, which became a focus of worship for the refugees. The temple contained one of the most important inscriptions in Khmer History, written by a high ranking Brahmin and detailing important political and religious events that took place in the Empire. The author discusses the history of the inscription, from its creation to the modern day as well as how modern and ancient history have merged around the temple over the past forty years. SELLING POINTS: A personal and historic account of Sadok Kok Thom Temple, weaving in the archaeology of Angkor with the political turmoil of Cambodia during the 1960s-70s 25 b/w illustrations

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-197).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9786167339016

6167339015

OCLC:

567214955