The Malay Peninsula : : crossroads of the maritime silk road (100 BC-1300 AD) / / by Michel Jacq-Hergoualc'h ; translated by Victoria Hobson.

• Superior document: Handbook of oriental studies. Section 3, South-East Asia, v. 13 = Handbuch der Orientalistik
• Author: Jacq-Hergoualc'h, Michel.
• TeilnehmendeR: Hobson, Victoria.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Südostasien ; 13. Bd.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (788 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Other title: Crossroads of the maritime Silk Road, 100 BC-1300 AD; Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; The Impact of Geology, Relief and Climate on the Historic Destiny of the Malay Peninsula /; The Role of the Malay Peninsula: Obstacle or Source of Contacts and Profit Among the Asian Civilizations? /; Contacts Between the Indian Subcontinent and the Malay Peninsula Before Indianization /; The First Accounts of Indianization in the Malay Peninsula /; Panpan /; Langkasuka /; Jiecha (South Kedah): /; Śrīvijaya and the Malay Peninsula /; The Turn of the 9th Century in the Malay Peninsula /; The Situation in the Malay Peninsula in the 10th and 11th Centuries /; The Commercial Boom in the Malay Peninsula in the 12th and 13th Centuries /; Conclusion /; Bibliography /; Chronology /; Index /; Documents /; Illustrations /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [497]-577) and index.
• ISBN: 9047400682; 1417541970
• ISSN: 0169-9571
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Michel Jacq-Hergoualc'h ; translated by Victoria Hobson.

This book attempts to evaluate the role of the Malay Peninsula as a crossroads in the great wave of commercial relationships along the maritime Silk Road from the first centuries of the Christian era to the 14th century. Through these exchanges, representatives of all the civilizations of Asia entered into contact along its shores. They left in this place a part of themselves, as can be seen in the great stylistic diversity of the religious and commercial artefacts which have been found in the area. These artefacts have been analysed and categorized afresh in the light of more precise information provided in Chinese texts concerning the nature of the political entities developing at the time: often dynamic city states or more modest chiefdoms.