Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c11.s3.5

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Of the modern historical works dealing with the subject, those by Raffles, Fruin-Mees, With, and Veth have all been cast into shade by Krom's 'Hindoe-Javaansche Geschiedenis' which is bound to remain the standard work on the political history of Java for many years to come. Krom's other work, Inleiding tot de Hindoe-Javaansche Kunst, is equally valuable for the history of Javanese art. It is with pleasure and gratitude that I recall the fact that these two books formed the foundation of my study of Javanese history, and I have freely utilised them in the following pages. The second edition of the first named work reached my hands after the first draft of this book was composed. Although I have utilised the new edition in the revision of my book, references given are mostly to the first edition.