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ments of Siam, we mainly draw from these sources,
supplemented by M. Fournerean's chapter on construc-
tions in his Le Siam Ancfen (I, PP97-111).
It seems that the domain of archaeology of Siarn
Is vast. The Hindu colonies were established at
different epochs in almost all parts of the kingdom.
The documents of tiie extreme East, which help us to
throw light on its obscure history, may be divided,
according to M.Lajonquiere, into four groups} namely:-
(:) IndoCambojan
(ii) Hindu (Xon-Combojan)
(::i) Siamese, and
(iv) Laotine.
We shall presently deal with the Hindu period,
anterior to the foundation of Ayuthia ( A. D. 1350).
\Ve cannot strictly draw a line of demarcation
between the two ancient kingdoms of Camboja and
Siam. The ancient Camboja at present comprises
both (i) Camboja, under the French Protectorate,
and ( 2) Siam proper. It should also be borne in mind
that Siarn in the early centuries of the Christian Era
had no separate existence. Therefore, in tracing the
history of art in Siaro, we have to go back a little tc
the pre-Siamese days, when the artistic development
took place in Camboja. As the inscriptions in khmer
and in Sanskrit (relating to Comboja) embrace the
period from the sixth to ninth centuries, we can fix
the extreme dates between which the artistic mani-
festation of the Indo-Cambojaa school took place.