The Temple of the Emerald Buddha, by Kim Martins, published by World History Encyclopedia in 2020, is a reference article tracing the image's legendary journey through India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and the northern Thai kingdoms, its 1434 discovery at Chiang Rai and its installation in its purpose built Bangkok temple in 1784 under Rama I. World History Encyclopedia is a nonprofit reference publisher whose articles are written by named contributors and pass an internal editorial review, a step above an anonymous wiki though still short of peer review. Its strength is that it consolidates a long and geographically wandering legend into one accessible, sourced narrative. Its limit is that the image's early journey before its documented fifteenth century appearance rests on legend rather than independent record, and the article presents that legendary chain in narrative form, so a claim treating the pre-1434 stages as established history rather than tradition should be checked against the primary chronicles the article itself draws on.
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The Temple of the Emerald Buddha, by Kim Martins, published by World History Encyclopedia in 2020, is an editorially reviewed nonprofit reference article rather than a peer reviewed academic publication, the middle tier reflecting that editorial standard. NotesHistory of the image and its temple: the legendary journey through India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and the northern Thai kingdoms, its discovery at Chiang Rai in 1434, and its move to Bangkok in 1784.
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AuthorKim Martins
PublisherWorld History Encyclopedia
Publication Year2020
URLhttps://www.worldhistory.org/article/1555/the-temple-of-the-emerald-buddha/
Source Typereference
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This source names Bangkok directly: "its installation in its purpose built Bangkok temple in 1784 under Rama I."
This source names Cambodia directly: "journey through India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and the northern Thai kingdoms, its 1434 discovery at Chiang Rai and its installation in its purpose built Bangkok temple in 1784 under Rama I."
This source names India directly: "the image's legendary journey through India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and the northern Thai kingdoms, its 1434 discovery at Chiang Rai and its installation in its purpose built Bangkok temple in 1784..."
Rama, Deities This source names Rama directly: "built Bangkok temple in 1784 under Rama I."
This source names Sri Lanka directly: "legendary journey through India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and the northern Thai kingdoms, its 1434 discovery at Chiang Rai and its installation in its purpose built Bangkok temple in 1784 under Rama I."
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This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 13 claims: 8 well-attested, 5 holds.
- Articles, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Artifacts & Relics, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Figures, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
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