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Introduction
Chapter 1. The Vessantara Jātaka as a performative text
Chapter 2. The Vessantara Jātaka and early state formation
Chapter 3. A Theravada Buddhist theory of monarchy : the ruler as Bodhisatta
Chapter 4. The colonial challenge to Buddhist monarchy
Chapter 5. Thai and western Buddhist scholarship in the era of imperialism
Chapter 6. From Jātakas to Thai folktales
Conclusion : the modern Vessantara.
Chapter 1. The Vessantara Jātaka as a performative text
Chapter 2. The Vessantara Jātaka and early state formation
Chapter 3. A Theravada Buddhist theory of monarchy : the ruler as Bodhisatta
Chapter 4. The colonial challenge to Buddhist monarchy
Chapter 5. Thai and western Buddhist scholarship in the era of imperialism
Chapter 6. From Jātakas to Thai folktales
Conclusion : the modern Vessantara.