Indian scholars wrote about the Dvipantara or Jawa Dwipa Hindu kingdom in Java and Sumatra around 200 BC. Southeast Asia was frequented by traders from eastern India, particularly Magadha, as well as from the Tamil kingdoms of South India. The Taruma kingdom occupied West Jawa around 400. There was a marked Buddhist influence starting about 425. ...

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Hinduism in Southeast Asia, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Earliest known times, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Dvaravati period, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Seafaring Peoples, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Cambodia, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Laos, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Myanmar, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Thailand, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Vietnam, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Java, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Sumatra and Malaya, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Bali, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Borneo and Sulawesi, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - The Philippines, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Hinduism in modern-day Southeast Asia

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Until the arrival of an Arab trader to Sulu 1450 and Ferdinand Magellan, who sailed in behalf of Spain 1521, the chiefs of many Philippine islands were called Rajas, and the script was derived from Brahmi.the Tagalog (Filipino) word for teacher Guro came from the word guru. Karma, a Hindu concept is culturally understood by Filipinos. The vocabulary in all Philippine languages reflect strong Hindu influences. Tamad means lazy and may have come from the Hindu guna concept of tamas. In the archipelago that wa ...

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Hinduism in Southeast Asia, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Earliest known times, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Dvaravati period, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Seafaring Peoples, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Cambodia, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Laos, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Myanmar, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Thailand, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Vietnam, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Java, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Sumatra and Malaya, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Bali, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Borneo and Sulawesi, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - The Philippines, Hinduism in Southeast Asia - Hinduism in modern-day Southeast Asia

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History of Southeast Asia - Early Agricultural Societies. Agriculture was a natural development based on necessity. Before agriculture, hunting and gathering sufficed to provide food. The chicken and pig were domesticated here, millennia ago. So much food was available that people could gain status by giving food away in feasts and festivals, where all could eat their fill. These big men (Malay: orang kaya) would work for years, accumulating the food (wealth) needed for the festivals provided by the ...

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History of Southeast Asia, History of Southeast Asia - Prehistory, History of Southeast Asia - Early Agricultural Societies, History of Southeast Asia - The Early Metal Phase in Mainland Southeast Asia, History of Southeast Asia - The Late Neolithic and Early Metal Phases in Archipelagic Southest Asia, History of Southeast Asia - Ancient kingdoms, History of Southeast Asia - European Colonization, History of Southeast Asia - Contemporary Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia has been inhabited since pre-historic times. The communities in the region evolved to form complex cultures with varying degrees of influence from India and China. The ancient kingdoms can be grouped into two distinct categories. The first is agrarian kingdoms. Agrarian kingdoms had agriculture as the main economic activity. Most agrarian states were located in mainland Southeast Asia. Examples are Ayutthaya, based on the Chao Phraya River delta and the Khmer Empire on the Tonle Sap. The second type is maritime states. Maritime states were depen ...

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History of Southeast Asia, History of Southeast Asia - Prehistory, History of Southeast Asia - Early Agricultural Societies, History of Southeast Asia - The Early Metal Phase in Mainland Southeast Asia, History of Southeast Asia - The Late Neolithic and Early Metal Phases in Archipelagic Southest Asia, History of Southeast Asia - Ancient kingdoms, History of Southeast Asia - European Colonization, History of Southeast Asia - Contemporary Southeast Asia

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Portugal was the first European power to establish a bridgehead into the lucrative Southeast Asia trade route with the conquest of the Sultanate of Malacca in 1511. The Netherlands and Spain followed and soon superseded Portugal as the main European powers in the region. The Dutch took over Malacca from the Portuguese in 1641 while Spain began to colonize the Philippines (named after Phillip II of Spain) from 1560s. Acting through the Dutch East India Company, the Dutch established the city of Batavia (now Jakarta) as a base for trading and ex ...

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History of Southeast Asia, History of Southeast Asia - Prehistory, History of Southeast Asia - Early Agricultural Societies, History of Southeast Asia - The Early Metal Phase in Mainland Southeast Asia, History of Southeast Asia - The Late Neolithic and Early Metal Phases in Archipelagic Southest Asia, History of Southeast Asia - Ancient kingdoms, History of Southeast Asia - European Colonization, History of Southeast Asia - Contemporary Southeast Asia

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A large majority of people in the world who practice a religious faith practice one founded in Asia. Religions founded in Asia and with a majority of their contemporary adherents in Asia include: Bahá'í Faith (slightly more than half of all adherents are in Asia) Buddhism (Japan,Sri Lanka, Korea, Singapore, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, India) Hinduism (India, Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, Bali) Islam (Central, South, and Southwest Asia, Malaysia, Brunei and Indone ...

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