216 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1961, The Malays reveals the Malay as the inheritor of an ancient and complex civilization made up of Mongolian shamanism; Assyrio-Babylonian and Tantric magic; art motifs from the steppes; Dong-so’n and India; the religions, folklore and literature of Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim; the laws of a peasantry who abandoned democracy for the feudal role of Hindu Rajas, the earthly... Read more
Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Origin, migration and language 3. Beliefs and religion 4. Social systems 5. Political systems 6. Legal systems 7. Economic systems 8. Literature 9. Arts and crafts 10. The future 11. Appendices Bibliography Index
Biography
R. O. Winstedt
