Borders on the fantastic: mimesis, violence, and landscape at the Temple of Preah Vihear

Article Abstract:

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Jun 15, 1962, made a ruling in regards to the area of Brahmanic temple named Preah Vihear, which was disputed between Cambodia, a former French colony, and Thailand. The court ruled in favor Cambodia because Thailand failed to protest the inaccuracy of the map purporting to reflect the watershed line between the two states, and thus constituting tacit acceptance of the map line as the line established by previous treaties.

Political activity, International aspects, Thailand, Thai foreign relations, International Court of Justice (The Hague, Netherlands), Boundary disputes, Cambodia, Cambodian foreign relations

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British archeologists, Hindu abbots, and Burmese Buddhists: the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, 1811-1877

Article Abstract:

This article examines use of the Mahabodhi Temple in Burma, or contemporary Myanmar, by Buddhists, Hindus, and British interests to shape an image of India's past. The temple's archaeological value was probably destroyed near the end of the 19th century by political interests of the local Buddhist ruler.

History, Myanmar, Critical Essay, Hinduism, Buddhism, Temples

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