Recentering Southeast Asia: Politics, Religion and Maritime Connections

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Himanshu Prabha Ray (Distant Worlds Programme, Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany.)

Recentering Southeast Asia

Politics, Religion and Maritime Connections

Himanshu Prabha Ray (Distant Worlds Programme, Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany.)

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Routledge India
19 November 2024

Asian history; Colonialism & imperialism; Buddhism; Hinduism; Cultural studies

This book assesses the impact of European colonization in the late 19th and early 20th century in ‘restructuring’ the shared past of India and Southeast Asia. It provides case studies that transcend colonial constructs and adopt newer approaches to understanding the shared past. The authors explore these developments through the lens of political figures like Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) and re-examine themes such as the Greater India Society (1926–1959) established in Calcutta, and the role of Buddhism in post-World War II connections, as the repatriation of the mortal remains of Japanese soldiers killed in Burma (Myanmar) acquired urgency.

Drawing on a diverse range of sources including archaeology, Buddhist texts, the afterlives of the Hindu temples, maritime networks, and inscriptions from Vietnam and central India, the book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of history, Buddhism, archaeology, heritage studies, cultural studies, and political history as well as South and Southeast Asian history.

Edited by: Himanshu Prabha Ray (Distant Worlds Programme Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich Germany.)
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032764214
ISBN 10: 103276421X
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 19 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. Introduction Section I: The Making of the Discourse 2. Nehru’s Southeast Asia 3. Greater India Scholars in a Decolonizing World: The Asian Relations Conference and the Indian Council of World Affairs 4. Modern Japanese Interest and Understanding of Buddhism in Southeast Asia: The Case of Chikō Satō and Thailand 5. Buddhist-mediated Relations between Japan and Myanmar after World War II Section II: Beyond Binaries: The Way Forward 6. Maritime Buddhism: Of Relics, Rituals and Shipwrecks 7. The ninth century Lakṣmīndra-Lokeśvara vihāra Đồng Dương viewed as a maṇḍala architecture 8. Multiple Lives of Temples Across the Bay of Bengal 9. Early India and Vietnam (ancient Campā): Revisiting the Vo-canh stele and the Indianization debate

Himanshu Prabha Ray is Research Fellow at Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, UK. She was the first Chairperson of the National Monuments Authority, Ministry of Culture in New Delhi, India, from 2012 to 2015, and former Professor at Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her research interests cover Archaeology of Religion in Asia, Maritime History and Archaeology of the Indian Ocean. Her recent books include Coastal Shrines and Transnational Maritime Networks Across India and Southeast Asia (2021), Archaeology and Buddhism in South Asia (2018), Buddhism and Gandhara: An Archaeology of Museum Collections (ed. 2018), The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces: The Temple in Western India, 2nd Century BCE to 8th Century CE (with Susan Verma Mishra, 2017), The Return of the Buddha: Ancient Symbols for a New Nation (2014) and The Archaeology of Seafaring in Ancient South Asia (2003).