The substance of this article was presented at the First International Dvāravatī Symposium, held at
the National Museum, Bangkok on 3 September 2009. The article summarizes the author’s thesis
submitted in June 2008 in partial fulfillment of his master’s degree program at Université Paris
3–Sorbonne nouvelle.
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For a recent overview of Dvāravatī research and archeological discoveries, see Skilling (2003);
Phasook (2004); also Baptiste and Zéphir (2009).