The author re-opens many pages of the history of Southeast Asia, using a large corpus of sources, often used for the first time - local chronicles, inscriptions, information from ancient, Byzantine, Arab, Indian and Chinese authors.

Contents: Instead introductions

From primitive society to the first statesPre-class societyThe emergence of class societyAncient and Byzantine evidence of Southeast AsiaIndian evidence of ancient Southeast AsiaChinese evidence of ancient Southeast Asia

VietnamFirst states in VietnamVietnam from the end of the 2nd century. BC e. until the beginning of the 10th century. n. e.Vietnam in the 10th century.Vietnam in the 11th century.Foreign policy of Vietnam in the 11th–12th centuries.The decline of the Vietnamese state in the second half of the 12th – early 13th centuries.The agony of the Ly dynasty

CambodiaThe emergence of the state of Funan (Bapnom)Rise and the fall of the Bapnom Empire State of Chenla (mid-VI - early VIII century) Angkorian Cambodia in the IX-X centuries Angkorian Cambodia in the XI-XIII centuries

ThailandThe first states on the territory of ThailandKingdoms of Dvaravati and Haripunchaiya

< p>NusantaraEarly statesEmpire SrivijayaKingdom of the Shailendras in Java and early MataramNusantara in the 11th–13th centuries

BurmaLegendary history of Burma and issues of chronologyEvents in Burma in the 8th–9th centuries. according to the corrected dating, Burma III–VII centuries. based on “Chronicle of the Mirror Palace”

NotesAppendix. Sources on the history of Southeast Asia until the 13th century. LiteratureList of abbreviations