Political formations in Southeast Asia imagined as Mandalas

Precolonial Southeast Asian political formations were conceived as a series of interesecting mandalas or wheels

 An interesting article on Mandala concept as a model for political organisation

Mandala: from sacred origins to sovereign affairs in

traditional Southeast Asia, by Rosita Dellios

A very interesting article on nationalism in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia: Imagining the region via kwout