The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. XXIX, Part 1-2, 1936 - Khamkoo

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LUANG BORIBAL BURIPHAND
In the preface to his book he tt'Lkes the opportunity, and wt·ll lllll.\'
he do so, to express his gratitude, first of all, to the 7\'t~stor nf nil
studies of things Siamese, Prince Danuong Rajanuphab, for so Illilll,\"
years his n.ugust chief and teachet·, and next to Prince Bidyalougkoru,
the laRt President of the Royal Institute under its old form.
By antiquities the rmthor understands piecm; of al"t or cult, and
buildings which are more than a hundred years old. A mtlll'r Jt,W
estimate one should think Nor does one ttgree ·with hilll wliPu lte
says that Khmer a,ntiquities are all of the same style ouly ditn~rillg
in size. Whosoever has studied Khmer art and itrehitedmP :wd
compared the primitive Khmer forms with those of tht: periods (Jf
Indravarman or the so-called classic (Angkor) period will eertaiul~·
disagree with Luang Boribal in this sweeping statement. of his.
The short but interesting cht1pter on ancient Buddhism in fndin
n,lso contains some statements to which one must take