Expansion of Buddhism and Hinduism toward Southeast Asia and the Problem of Kingship : with special reference to the epics and the classical codes

本研究是一项涵盖哲学、人类学、艺术史、宗教学等多学科的研究。这个项目的重点是佛教/印度教在东南亚的传播，伴随着印度史诗或法法师的权威。在这个项目中，我集中研究了印度的宗教文化对东南亚王朝传统形成的影响，在东南亚，佛教、印度教、道教、基督教、伊斯兰教和其他宗教等不同的精神传统并存，没有致命的竞争。我特别关注了(1)在东爪哇省发现的前伊斯兰时代的佛教/印度教的Majapahit考古遗址，(2)Ramakien，印度罗摩衍那的泰国版本，以及在泰国王国文化部的教育机构中观察到的皇室赞助，以及(3)今天东南亚的印度宗教元素及其在全球化和国际旅游业下的转变。到目前为止，我已经出版了与上述主题相关的出版物，其中包括一本我独自撰写的书。在这些作品中，我提出了新的视角来看待印度的宗教传统，特别是史诗，它对该地区宗教文化和政治权威的形成产生了重大的历史影响。

This study is an endeavour aiming at a research encompassing various disciplines such as philosophy, anthropology, art history, and religious studies. The focus of the project is the spread of Buddhism/Hinduism toward Southeast Asia with the accompaniment of the authority of Indian Epics or Dharmasastras. In this project I concentrated upon the religio-cultural impacts of India on the formation of dynastic traditions in Southeast Asia where different spiritual traditions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christianity, Islam and other religions have been coexisted side by side without fatal rivalry.My attention was duly paid in particular to (1) the Majapahit archaeological sites of Buddhism/Hinduism of pre-Islamic era found throughout East Java Province, (2) the Ramakien, the Thai counterpart of the Indian Ramayana, and its royal patronage as observed at the educational institutions of the Ministry of Culture, Kingdom of Thailand, and (3) the religious elements of Indian origin in present-day Southeast Asia and their transformation under globalization and international tourism.I have so far produced publications including a book of my single authorship related to the above topic. In those works I presented new perspectives to view Indian religious tradition, that of epics in particular, which exercised grave influence historically upon the formation of religious cultures and political authorities in this region.