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Book Review: Localising Power in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: A Southeast Asia Perspective

Prapod does not include works such as those seminal articles by Peter Skilling that are relevant in the study of early South East Asian Buddhism (for example, Skilling, 1997). I must hasten to point out, however, that I agree with Prapod when he writes (p ix), ‘Over the course of twenty years, new evidence has certainly emerged, but, in my opinion, it does not contradict the main thesis of the book’. To conclude, The Ascendancy of Therav ada Buddhism in Southeast Asia is an outstanding contribution not only to the study of Buddhist history in South East Asia, but also to the anthropology of Buddhism. Given that this is a seriously neglected field, and given Prapod’s impressive scholarship, this book is most welcome and can and should be regarded as an important enrichment of and advancement in its field.