Tribute and Profit: Sino-Siamese Trade, 1652–1853 Angkor Wat and the place of Brahmanism

and the place of Brahmanism in early Buddhist thought as expressed through the jatakas

using the rich resources of their ancient

In one of the first studies of colonial Buddhism based largely on Khmer-language sources

and illustrations

the 60‐year cycle

Tribute and Profit: Sino-Siamese Trade, 1652–1853 Angkor Wat and the place of BrahmanismLong before East Asia was fixed in the trade routes of Western economic powers, the region supported a complex economic system intertwined with and regulated by elaborate political and social structures. For Siam, the most significant of these was the Chinese tributary system. Tribute and Profit illuminates the conduct and maintenance of maritime trade under the auspices of Siams tributary relationship with imperial China. This bilateral partnership