Journal of the Siam Society; 44

239 Pages·1956·17.576 MB·English

by  coll.

VOLUME XLIV Part 1 April 1956
THE
JOURNAL
OF THE
SIAM SOCIETY
( JS S)
,/
BANGKOK
2499
With the Compliments of
Jvf r. J.J. 13 oeles
1Jec 1996
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~ABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME: XLIV PART 1 APRIL 1856
Page
John Black, 1
CJ1euiews 33
G, Coerles, Inscl'i Jllion8 rht Ot~muodge, Volume VI (Erik Seidenfaden)
Lawrence Palmer H1•iggR, Thr• Ann'rmt Khme·r !Cm]Yire (.I ..T . BrwlPS)
H. G. Qnaritch Wales, 'l'h!! J1onntain of C1od, a 8t2trly ·i11 Er~rly
Uez.igion and Kingsh?:Jl ( Ohrwlcs Nolson Spinks)
Prem Ohaya, The 8tm·y of !(hun Ohct·l) Khun Phan, Book 1 (D.)
Frrtnce-A.s·ie, numt~t·o sp{·cial, nnv,-M,c., 19Gf> (D.)
Cf{eceT!li cSiamese C]Jublicatirms
uy
177. 'Phe Memento iss1tad tho '1' hi1·d Admin?:st?·rttiue Section
17R. The lliemento issued by the F'm.wth Administ1·ative 8 ect£on
179. ;1 111 emento of the P1·om:nce of J;oey
180. A Summctry of the Activ·ities of the Ministry oj Agric2tltw;e
181. Phra Sri VisndclhivOI.)S, the Rev., Five Thousand Yea1· of the
Buddh1:st Em
182. Khamvilai, Ch., 'Jihe Centenary of 8undorn Bhu

INTRODUCTION
The sancLmtl'Y which formK tlte snhjecl of. Lltis :tl'Lic1e has,
after centuries of oblivion, commenced to attract world notice in the
last half cenLnry or so. ArchcolngislR certainly, an1l I?rench colonia
lists, have known of it before others. Phra Vihar is !liKtingnished
for its majestic ensemble and situation, towering, as it does, over the
Cambodian plains from the highlanr1s of Siam. It is still difficult
of access from the Siamese side, and is still more so from the
Cambodian, where the steep promontory on whieh it is perched is
practically inaccessible except through Siamese territory.
The approach to the sul>ject by the author is that of the
explorer more than the archeologist. M1·. Black has of eonrse hail
wide travelling experience which entitle!l him to his Fe 1lowsbip of
the Royal Geographical Society of Gl'eat Britain. 'l'he attention he
pays to what seems to be extraneous i11formation in the form of
legend and tradition deserves commendation. Legend and tradition
have helped in the past to solve problems of s<•,ientific archeology if
examined in their proper perspective.
P1'ince Dhani N ival, JCromcmwno B·irlyalabh