The capital
of the Khmer empire prospered as one of the most important
international cities in the strategic region of Southeast
Asia, situated between India and China. It is believed that
an abundance of first-class trade goods used to be brought
in to the royal capital of Angkor Thom, which was centered
on Bayon Temple.
In fact, a vast number of ceramic ware from China, Vietnam
and Thailand have been unearthed in excavations conducted
around the Royal Plaza and Bayon Temple. Using these trade
goods as clues, we are working to shed light on international
affairs that surrounded Angkor back then, and are also directing
our efforts to studying Khmer earthenware whose sequence
have yet to be determined.
This research project is being carried
out in cooperation with the “Elucidation of the Meaning
of Traded Ceramic Ware Unearthed from the Angkor Monuments”
(representative: Prof. Nobuo Yamamoto), a study subsidized
by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research of the Japanese
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. |
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