Dear Indology List Members,
I am glad to share the joy of the publication of my edited book. Details are as mentioned below:
Title of the book: Maritime Southeast Asia: History, Culture and Religion, c. First Century CE—Fifteenth Century CE
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.in/Maritime-Southeast-Asia-Religion-CE-Fifteenth/dp/9394262881
About the book:
Often serving as an important node through which West Asian and South Asian maritime trade with China were maintained, maritime Southeast Asia remained exposed to various extra-local influences that accompanied maritime trade with and through this area. Yet, as the research articles in the book indicate, it was not just an appendage to the two great agrarian and maritime civilizations of Asia: India and China. It imbibed extra-local influences and transformed them to suit local needs. The book looks into the issue of complex interactions between local and extra-local influences in maritime Southeast Asia. It traces the pro-cesses through which extra-local influences were localized.
About the editor:
Birendra Nath Prasad is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where he teaches economic history 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 (Manohar & Routledge, New Delhi, London and New York, 2021); Rethinking Bihar and Bengal: History, Culture and Religion (Manohar & Routledge, New Delhi, London and New York, 2021); and Religion in Society: Social Dimensions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism in India (Manohar, Delhi, 2023).
Contents:
1. ‘Introduction’: Birendra Nath Prasad
2. “Local” vs. “Cosmopolitan” in the Study of Premodern Southeast Asia’: Andrea Acri
3. ‘Śrīvijaya Revisited: Reflections on State Formation of a Southeast Asian Thalassocracy’: Hermann Kulke
4. ‘Pulau Sawah Temple Complex: Traces of The Ancient Malayu Kingdom in the Hinterland of Sumatra’: Eka Asih Putrina, Agustijanto Indradjaja, Titi Surti Nastiti
5. ‘Early Hindu-Buddhist Influence in the North Coast of Central Java: Archaeological Research in the Estuary of Kuto River’ : Agustijanto Indradjaja
6. ‘Inscriptions from the Bongal Site: Relative Chronology and Language Review’: Ery Soedewo, Churmatin Nasoichah, Ninny Susanti Tejowasono.
7. ‘Eastern Indian Maritime Linkages and the Transmission of the Vidyā-Dhāraṇīs across the Malay Peninsula’: Abira Bhattacharya
With regards
Dr. Birendra Nath Prasad
Assistant Professor of Ancient Indian and Southeast Asian History
Centre for Historical Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
https://www.jnu.ac.in/content/bnprasad https://jnu.academia.edu/BirendraNathPrasad