Hindu-Buddhist Architecture in Southeast Asia

A remarkable stylistic history of Hindu-Buddhist architecture in the area dating from the golden eras of inception to contemporary restoration efforts. Chihara's tome represents 50 years of research including involvement in the Borobudur restoration project of the 1970s and details the concrete representation of Indian cosmology in Southeast Asian architecture, the various periods of "Indianization" in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java, and Sumatra, particularly the Khmer architecture of the Angkor period, the architecture of the Pagan period, and the chief architectural remains of the Thai kingdoms after the fall of Pagan and Cambodia. Includes spectacular photographs amplifying the textual materials. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Daigoro Chihara, Dr. Eng. (1967), University of Kyoto was Professor at Takushoku University, Tokyo (1972-88) and is the Director of the 'Asian/Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO' and Guest Researcher at Advanced Research Center for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo.