@article{d8942a665eaf4599a4d218c25099f45a,
title = "Religion, nostalgia, and memory: Making an ancient and recent Tai-Ahom identity in Assam and Thailand",
author = "Yasmin Saikia",
note = "Funding Information: While a brisk production of Tai-ness was immediately heralded in Assam with the help of Ban Ok and the financial support of Hiteshwar Saikia, as I have discussed in the previous sections, in Bangkok the search for Ahom took formal shape. Chatthip and Renoo Wichasin19 of Chiang Mai Ratchabhat Institute became outspoken advocates for the Tai-Ahom movement in Thailand. Beginning in 1980, Chatthip encouraged several young academics to study Tai-Ahom history, religion, and culture in Thailand (Chatthip and Renoo, conversations, February 7, 1995). Ranee Lertleum-sai of Silpakorn University and Willauwan Kannittanan of Thammasat University also became actively involved in studying Tai-Ahom myths and religion.20 These scholars generated an interest in the Tai-Ahom in Thailand.",
year = "2006",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1017/s0021911806000052",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "65",
pages = "33--60",
journal = "Journal of Asian Studies",
issn = "0021-9118",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "1",
}