This study revisits one of the most extensive examples of the
spread of ideas in the history of civilization: the diffusion of
Indian religious and political ideas to Southeast Asia before the
advent of Islam and European colonialism. Hindu and Buddhist
concepts and symbols of kingship and statecraft helped to
legitimize Southeast Asian rulers, and transform the political
institutions and authority of Southeast Asia. But the process of
this diffusion was not accompanied by imperialism, political
hegemony, or "colonization" as conventionally understood. This book
investigates different explanations of the spread of Indian ideas
offered by scholars, including why and how it occurred and what
were its key political and institutional outcomes. It challenges
the view that strategic competition is a recurring phenomenon when
civilizations encounter each other.
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