The Hunt for a Location: Narratives on the Foundation of Cities in South and Southeast Asia
The Hunt for a Location: Narratives on the Foundation of Cities in South and Southeast Asia
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Nagoya: Nanzan University
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In the period of the establishment and expansion of sultanates in South and Southeast Asia, the hunt was a central narrative event during which an observed omen was instrumental to found a new city. Such narratives were new and replaced or co-opted the older tropes of epiphanies that explained the foundations of cities and temples. This article exa...
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The Hunt for a Location: Narratives on the Foundation of Cities in South and Southeast Asia
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1882-6865
