@book{cf35032ccb4c47ba8fded06d1e574c6d,
title = "Mandala: from sacred origins to sovereign affairs in traditional Southeast Asia",
abstract = "This paper examines 'mandala' as a tradition of knowledge in Southeast Asia. It marries two concepts of mandala: (1) a Hindu-Buddhist religious diagram; with (2) a doctrine of traditional Southeast Asian 'international relations', derived from ancient Indian political discourse. It also highlights the value of Chinese thought as the 'yin' to ancient India's 'yang', in the construction of a Southeast Asian mandalic political culture. In its investigations, this paper draws on to the writings of key historians of this period, particularly O. W. Wolters, as well as the influential Indian text on governance, Kautilya's Arthasastra.",
author = "Rosita Dellios",
note = "Research paper series : Centre for East-West Cultural & Economic Studies ; No. 10. {\textcopyright} Copyright Rosita Dellios and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bond University, 2003 ",
year = "2003",
language = "English",
series = "Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies",
publisher = "Bond University",
number = "10",
}