History Kingdoms of Southeast Asia: The Story of Lan Xang (present-day Laos)

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In this video, we will be exploring the ancient history of one of the most fascinating Buddhist kingdoms in Southeast Asia, the ...
In this video, we will be exploring the ancient history of one of the most fascinating Buddhist kingdoms in Southeast Asia, the Kingdom of a Million Elephants under a White Parasol or Lan Xang. Please, join on this intriguing chapter in history!

For an overview of history of Laos see:

Grant Evans, A Short History of Laos: The Land in Between (2002)

Martin Stuart-Fox, The Lao Kingdom of Lan-Xang: Rise and Decline (1998)

For problems in Laos history see:

Martin Stuart-Fox, "On the Writing of Lao History: Continuities and Discontinuities" (1993)

For the history of Vientiane in the sixteenth century:

Parmorn Pupiupa and Dararat Mattariganoud, "The Establishment of Vientiane as the New Capital of the Lan Xang Kingdom in the Reign of King Xaysetthathirarath (1560-1571 A.D.)" (2021)

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