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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XIII – 2021
Volume XII, 2020

• The paper should be submitted to the Editorial Board in three copies
evening). Winds and clouds rose by the doors and windows, while the
balconies and eaves (seemed to reach) between the sun and the moon.
and an electronic file as a text file (e.g. doc).
• Figures should be numbered and stored in separate files with legends
Thee was also a clear stream winding here and there. Blue lotus flowers

bloomed in it and the trees or red Kanaka flowers (Butea frondosa) revealed
included in the main text file.
• Either English or American spelling can be used but should be
their splendor all around. Further beyond, the groves of mango trees spread
consistent for the entire article.
their scattered shade. All the main halls, in which were the monks’ quarters,
were four stories [sic] high. The stories had main beams with projections of
Article Structure
Each article should contain the following :
dragon design, supporting beams of variegated patters, pillars ornamented
• Title
with painted vermilion and carving, richly adorned balustrades, jade
(colored) plinths and painted cross-pieces, decorated with brightly colored
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hanging. In India monasteries were numbers in thousands and myriads, but
• Authors and their affiliations
none compared with this one in grandeur, beauty and size.
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• Key words
• Main text divided into sections e.g. Introduction, Materials and
Methods, Results and Conclusion
A more contemporary observer, also a non-Indian, Margaret Wiley Marshall,
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has the following words to say about the university:
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Between Patna and Bodhgaya is the site of the ancient Buddhist university
the text)
of Nalanda, founded in 427 A.D. This university, housing ten thousand
Abstract

The abstract should be concise and informative, not more than 300 words.
monks, was a center of Buddhist learning for about seven hundred years and
was described in glowing terms by the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang [sic],
It should not only indicate the general scope of the article but also state the main
who traveled in India from 629 to 645 and spent five of those years at the
results and conclusions.
already two-hundred-year-old Nalanda. The university attracted students
Ethical Guidelines
from all over India, Southeast Asia, and China, who lived in dormitories
Experimental investigation papers must state in the Materials and

whose ground plan and drainage system can still be traced by today’s
Methods section that
visitors. Many brick walls and stairways are intact, and one can identify the
1) informed consent was obtained from all adult participants and from
dimensions of bedrooms, classrooms, and assembly halls. Facing these
parents or legal guardians of minors, including the name of the appropriate
buildings on the west is a collection of stupas, large and small (reliquaries of
institutional review board having approved the project;
2) the maintenance and care of experimental animals comply with the
the Buddha’s remains), whose state of preservation varies inversely with

Thai National Institute of Health Guidelines for the humane use of laboratory
their size. Some of the impressive sculptured figures of the Buddha and
animals or the equivalent country authority or agency;
3) approval is obtained from the relevant ethical committee.
4 Samuel Beal, 1969. The Life of Hiuen-Tsang by Shaman Hwui Li. London, 1884. Reprint. Delhi, 1969, pp.
111-112. Quoted in: David Snellgrove, 2004. Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and their Tibetan
Successors. Rev. ed. Bangkok: Orchid Press, pp. 321-322.

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