Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Civilizational dialogue between India and the ASEAN

Modern memories of ancient bonds : the cultural connections between South and Southeast Asia / Sugata Bose

Multilayered structures of regionalism / Sudhir T. Devare

Civilization dialogue between India and ASEAN : the early 1920s / K. Kesavapany

Normativity of Southeast Asia : constraints and options of adapting to global change / Razali Ismail

India-ASEAN strategic partnership / Tamalia Alisjahbana

Part 2. Tradition and shared regional consciousness

Funan within the Buddhist network of Asia ; the story of MAndra / Wang Bangwei

Reception and assimilation of the 'Buddha-nature' idea in East Asian Buddhism / Sung-doo Ahn

India and Southeast Asia - the Sanskrit linkage / Satya Vrat Shastri

The depiction of the avalokitesvara in Vietnamese Buddhism / Nguyen Ngoc Quynh

Part 3. Travelling texts, histories, culture

The significance of Vietnam-India cultural exchanges for India-Asean development / Vo Van Sen

Capitalising on cultural connections : Indian influences in the Philippines / Joefe B. Santarita

Buddhism and the Ramayana : their strong and lasting impact on the minds of the people of Southeast Asia with special reference to Thailand / Chirapat Prapandvidya

Experiences in ASEAN cultural relation activities / M.R. Chakrarot Chitrabongs

Part 4. Towards cultural syncretism : texts, performance, history

Bhagavad Gita : outlines of a secular critique / Meghnad Desai

The old javanese Ramayana / Vinod C. Khanna

Civilization dialogue between India and Myanmar / Khin Maung Nyunt

The changing faces of Ramayana in the performing arts of Java and Bai / Malini Saran

Part 5. Ancient material culture and shared histories

'Indianization' and the religious sites of Southeast Asia ? Marika Vicziany

Banteay Srei, the Cambodian citadel of women : a look at the scenes from the ancient Indian epics and the puranas / K.T.S. Sarao

Meditational symbolism of the borobudur / Nirmala Sharma

Part 6. Indian heritage and its cultural representation

India and the ASEAN : the Islamic linkages of the past / B.A. Hussainmiya

Impact of Indian culture in Vietnam / Geetesh Sharma

A review of Indian cultural representation in the Philippine urban setting : reconnecting and realigning with an earlier value system / Jose J. Valenciano