In this video, we will be exploring the ancient history of one of the most fascinating Buddhist kingdoms in Southeast Asia, the Kingdom of a Million Elephants under a White Parasol or Lan Xang. Please, join on this intriguing chapter in history!
For an overview of history of Laos see:
Grant Evans, A Short History of Laos: The Land in Between (2002)
Martin Stuart-Fox, The Lao Kingdom of Lan-Xang: Rise and Decline (1998)
For problems in Laos history see:
Martin Stuart-Fox, "On the Writing of Lao History: Continuities and Discontinuities" (1993)
For the history of Vientiane in the sixteenth century:
Parmorn Pupiupa and Dararat Mattariganoud, "The Establishment of Vientiane as the New Capital of the Lan Xang Kingdom in the Reign of King Xaysetthathirarath (1560-1571 A.D.)" (2021)
