x, 477 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Early histories -- The Kutei inscriptions in Borneo / Anonymous -- The shadow of India / Upendra Thakur -- The genesis of Indonesian archaeology / R. P. Soejono -- Javanese inscriptions / Himansu Bhusan Sarkar -- What was Srivijaya? / George Cœdès -- Srivijaya revisited / Michel Jacq-Hergoualc'h --...

Cultures in collision -- The Tuhfat al-Nafis / Raja Ali al-Haji Riau -- The Hikayat Abdullah / Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munshi -- The La Galigo as bugis history / Sirtjo Koolhof -- The Babad Diponegoro in Java / Peter Carey -- Sasak literature of Lombok / Geoffrey Marrison -- Max Havelaar / Multatul...

High colonial Indies -- Chinese traders in the villages / M. R. Fernando and David Bulbeck -- Is opium a genuine evil? / J. Groneman -- River travel in the Padang uplands -- Ethnographic notes on Sumba / J. J. van Alphen -- Advice on Islam / C. Snouck Hurgronje -- Marriage in Minahasa / Anonymous --...

From nationalism to independence -- Government news / Gunseikanbu -- Years of silence / Ruff-O'Herne -- Drawings from a Japanese camp / Mieneke Van Hoogstraten -- Exploring Panca Sila / Sukarno -- Memories of a freedom fighter / Roswitha Djajadiningrat -- Revolutionary poetry / Chairil Anwar -- Stra...

Social issues and cultural debates -- Cultural workers must lead the way / Amya Iradat -- The 1963 cultural manifesto -- The Chinese minority in Indonesia / Leo Suryadinata -- The young divorcee / Nh. Dini -- Tracing the twilight of Jakarta / Yuyu A. N. Krisna -- The mute's soliloquy / Pramoedya Ana...