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Asia Tenggara Masa Hindu-Buddha
Dengan hampir 800 tulisannya yang diterbitkan antara tahun 1904 dan 1966, George Coedes adalah seorang sejarawan yang sangat banyak menghasilkan karya dan termasuk diantara para peneliti Perancis terkemuka mengenai Asia Tenggara sepanjang abad ke-20. Ia dapat meneliti langsung sumber primer dari kebanyakan negara Asia Tenggara berkat keahliannya dalam bidang epigrafi, arkeologi, linguistik, filologi dan sejarah pada umumnya. Boleh dikatakan, ia menguasai semua data sejarah kuno Asia Tenggara yang dikenal pada waktu itu. Tidak mengherankan jika nama Coedes ditempatkan di awal deretan studi mendasar mengenai sejarah kuno Asia Tenggara.
Buku ini merupakan hasil terjemahan mahakarya Cœdès berbahasa Prancis, Les États hindouisés díIndochine et díIndonésie, yang terbit tahun 1964. Berdasarkan peristiwa-peristiwa politik yang menonjol, George Cœdès berusaha untuk menetapkan sesuatu yang belum ada pada waktu itu, yaitu kerangka kronologis bagi sejarah kuno Asia Tenggara. Tetapi Cœdès tidak berhenti di situ. Ia menambah dimensi sinkronis umum yang memperlihatkan kecenderungan yang terjadi pada zaman tertentu di berbagai wilayah.
Walaupun banyak studi mengenai Asia Tenggara kuno telah diterbitkan sejak 50 tahun yang lalu, kekayaan, keunggulan, dan sifat perintis menjadikan karya ini sebagai salah satu acuan terpenting sampai sekarang.
Buku ini merupakan hasil terjemahan mahakarya Cœdès berbahasa Prancis, Les États hindouisés díIndochine et díIndonésie, yang terbit tahun 1964. Berdasarkan peristiwa-peristiwa politik yang menonjol, George Cœdès berusaha untuk menetapkan sesuatu yang belum ada pada waktu itu, yaitu kerangka kronologis bagi sejarah kuno Asia Tenggara. Tetapi Cœdès tidak berhenti di situ. Ia menambah dimensi sinkronis umum yang memperlihatkan kecenderungan yang terjadi pada zaman tertentu di berbagai wilayah.
Walaupun banyak studi mengenai Asia Tenggara kuno telah diterbitkan sejak 50 tahun yang lalu, kekayaan, keunggulan, dan sifat perintis menjadikan karya ini sebagai salah satu acuan terpenting sampai sekarang.
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First published January 1, 1944
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December 11, 2014
Coedes started the book by briefly describing the geographical characteristic of southeast Asia then explaining the term of 'Indianization' which for him is more into the influence of arts, custom and religion of India. He also included the usage of Sanskrit language as a huge characteristic of Indianization. He later focused on each Kingdom like Funan, Angkor, Srivijaya and Majapahit. Coedes also included the declined of the kingdoms and provide us few theories in Indianization of Southeast Asia.
This is a great book for those who were interested in learning the early kingdom in Southeast Asia or anybody interested in Indianization. I came across to a few books that have different view about the type of Buddhism during the earlier kingdom, Coedes wrote that it was Mahayana but there were other scholars said about other type of Buddhism. We were discussing about it during the class and my friend told me that he found it in Wikipedia. He is just ridiculous to say that! I need to read more and do more research on it.
This is a great book for those who were interested in learning the early kingdom in Southeast Asia or anybody interested in Indianization. I came across to a few books that have different view about the type of Buddhism during the earlier kingdom, Coedes wrote that it was Mahayana but there were other scholars said about other type of Buddhism. We were discussing about it during the class and my friend told me that he found it in Wikipedia. He is just ridiculous to say that! I need to read more and do more research on it.
October 16, 2024
看的是2024的中译本，可能只是因为更喜欢新译的书名（舶来文明）吧，读这本书是因为斯科特的《逃避被统治的艺术》中引用过本书的材料，所以作为参考书读了一下。省流版：结论那一章建议全文精读，其他章节略过就好～
February 18, 2013
A must for anyone who is living in SEA and interested in history.
May 1, 2023
In the course of occasional visits to Southeast Asia, I’ve gradually realised that phrases such as "Indonesia is a Muslim country" and "Thailand is a Buddhist country" are simplistic. For example, the Indonesian national airline is named for the Hindu god Garuda, who is also the national emblem of Thailand. Perhaps the most striking example is Angkor where Buddhist and Hindu carvings and statues remain from different historical periods.
This book is a history of how religious and cultural influences from India ebbed and flowed in southeast Asia from the first century CE to 1511. These influences came to dominate what are now Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Cambodia, and butted up against Chinese ones in what are now Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.
Although the book is about culture, I wouldn't call it a cultural history. Effectively it's a litany of rulers of the region's different kingdoms. Since our knowledge is incomplete, this leads to barely readable passages such as the following.
From epigraphy we hear of:
in 856-60, Lokapala, who is sometimes identified with the following:
in 863-82, Rakai Kayuwangi, also known as Sajjonatsavatunga;
in 887, Rakai Gurunwangi, perhaps identical with the preceding;
in 890, Rakai Limus dyah Devendra, reigning perhaps in the east;
in 896, Rakai Watuhumalang.
The aim seems to be to catalogue all known detail about rulers of the region and period, occasionally pulling back to consider wider trends influences when, to my taste, a more sociological point of view would have been preferable.
This book is a history of how religious and cultural influences from India ebbed and flowed in southeast Asia from the first century CE to 1511. These influences came to dominate what are now Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Cambodia, and butted up against Chinese ones in what are now Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.
Although the book is about culture, I wouldn't call it a cultural history. Effectively it's a litany of rulers of the region's different kingdoms. Since our knowledge is incomplete, this leads to barely readable passages such as the following.
From epigraphy we hear of:
in 856-60, Lokapala, who is sometimes identified with the following:
in 863-82, Rakai Kayuwangi, also known as Sajjonatsavatunga;
in 887, Rakai Gurunwangi, perhaps identical with the preceding;
in 890, Rakai Limus dyah Devendra, reigning perhaps in the east;
in 896, Rakai Watuhumalang.
The aim seems to be to catalogue all known detail about rulers of the region and period, occasionally pulling back to consider wider trends influences when, to my taste, a more sociological point of view would have been preferable.
April 14, 2020
The process of learning sanksrit and other indian scripts in SEA is the topic of this book. It is clear that the majority of Southeast asian states have been under the influence of India, with the exception of Vietnam.
The book can only speculate into the Southeast Asian environment on the eve of Indianization, and archaeology since 1949, when the book was first written in France, has increased understanding of southeast asia.
Coedes was the father of Southeast Asian studies and his most important book requires a read.
The book can only speculate into the Southeast Asian environment on the eve of Indianization, and archaeology since 1949, when the book was first written in France, has increased understanding of southeast asia.
Coedes was the father of Southeast Asian studies and his most important book requires a read.
December 29, 2017
454 - 2017
February 24, 2013
Sedikit susah untuk memahami beberapa penjelasan, mungkin karena terjemahann bahasa Indonesianya yang agak kurang pas. Tetapi perlu diapresiasi karena buku ini sungguh sangat berguna (terutama buat saya waktu maujalan-jalan ke Angkor kemaren hehehe)
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July 2, 2011dapat di PBJ 2011
June 11, 2012
Indonesian translation is dense and difficult to comprehend, hoping to get the english edition.
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