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I am interested in the ways in which Kautilya's theory of mandala has been interpreted by historians for the purpose of studying ancient states in South and Southeast Asia. Lieberman, Victor, Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c. 800-1830, Volume 1: Integration on the Mainland, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Kedatuan, another term for the system of independent and semi-independent city-states in Maritime Southeast Asia; Mueang, similar concept in mainland Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand and Laos; Mandala, political model in ancient Southeast Asia; Christianization; Indian cultural influences in early Philippine polities
Ayutthaya politically followed the mandala system, commonly used throughout Southeast Asia kingdoms before the 19th century. In the 17th century, the Ayutthaya monarchs were able to frequently appoint non-natives as governors of Ayutthaya-controlled towns and cities, in order to prevent competition from its nobility.
Cebu, also called Sugbu, informally referred to as the Rajahnate of Cebu, was an Indianized mandala (polity) monarchy on the island of Cebu [3] in the Philippines prior to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. It is known in ancient Chinese records as the nation of Sokbu (束務) or Suwu . [4]
Mandala of Buddhas is the mandala consisting of nine major Buddhas of the past and the present Gautama Buddha occupying the ten directions. Mandala of Eight Devis includes the eight Devis occupying and protecting the eight corners of the Universe. In Sigālovāda Sutta, Buddha describes the relationships of a common lay persons in Mandala style.
Historian Victor Lieberman preferred the metaphor of a "solar polity," [8] as in the solar system, where there is one central body, the sun, and the components or planets of the solar system. [9] The "Rajamandala" concept of ancient India was the prototype for the Mandala model of South East Asian political systems in later centuries ...
Mandala (political model), a political model in medieval Southeast Asia Mandal , another word for Tehsil, an administrative division of some countries of South Asia Monthon , a former subdivision of Thailand
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