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Synopsis The editor, through sustained effort, has selected twenty outstanding articles by the late Professor Adhir Chakravarti appertaining to wideranging facets of Asin Studies. The essays are arranged into three sections and comprise such topics as Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Kamboja, Java-Sumatra, Dvaravati, Annam, Champa, Nanchao (Mithila Rastra), Bali, Heling-Kalinga, Harikela's (South-East Bengal's) foreign contacts, ancient Bengal and Orissa's relations with China, a re-examination of the issue of Indian Cultural expansion in South-East Asia and dimensions of India-China trade and relations at a time when Chinese Navy was in its early stage of development. His critique of R.C. Majumdar's contribution is essentially a resume of the entire gamut of South-East Asian history. The author's tour de force consists in the textual evidences being strengthened by proofs from inscriptions, artefacts, epigraphical discoveries and so on. All these factors make this volume an important addition to this area of study. A must read for both scholars and students.