Spirits, Brahmins and the Buddha: Southeast Asia

How religion took shape in Southeast Asia and Thailand: rice farmers and the spirits of land and ancestors at Ban Chiang and Dong Son, phi and khwan, Indian traders and Brahmins in Funan, Dvaravati, Borobudur and Prambanan, Angkor's god-kings, Theravada from Sri Lanka to Bagan and Sukhothai, Ayutthaya's Buddhist kings and Brahmin court rites, the Ramakien, Bangkok's city pillar and Devasathan, Mongkut's reform, the region's many layers, and everyday religion in Thailand today. Episode 12 and finale of the Origins of Religions series.

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