HST 197 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Srivijaya, List Of Water Deities, Mekong
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India served as a principal source of political and cultural traditions widely observed through the south and southeast asia. Southeast asian peoples adapted indian political structures and religions to local needs and interests political organization. Indian armed forces rarely ventured into this region. Merchants introduced hinduism, buddhism, sanskrit writings and indians forms of. Islam also became prominent in southeast asia, as muslim merchants established trading communities in important port cities of the region. Became a permanent feature in much of southeast asia. Indian merchants became familiar figures in southeast asia. In exchange for spices and exotic products, indian merchants brought textiles, beads, gold, silver and other manufactured goods. Ruling elites became acquainted with indian political and cultural traditions. Without giving up their own traditions, they borrowed ideas about forms of political organization and accepted indian religious faiths. They adopted kinship as a principal form of political authority.
