page_title: History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia
section_title: Thailand
hierarchical_section_title: History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia / Thailand
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Southeast Asia circa 900 CE, showing the Khmer Empire in red, Champa in yellow and Haripunjaya in light Green plus additional surrounding states. sources i used for this work include http://ecaimaps.berkeley.edu/animations/2003_03_khmer_animation.swf http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/3395/Khmer-empire-1200 Atlas of world history, Patrick Karl O'brien Societies, Networks, and Transitions: A Global History, Volume B. Craig A.Lockard http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Srivijaya_Empire.svg/2000px-Srivijaya_Empire.svg.png File:DvaravatiMapThailand.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Thailand_2002_CIA_map.jpg
context_page_description: Southeast Asia was under Indian sphere of cultural influence starting around 290 BC until around the 15th century, when Hindu-Buddhist influence was absorbed by local politics. Kingdoms in the southeast coast of the Indian Subcontinent had established trade, cultural and political relations with Southeast Asian kingdoms in Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, Malay Peninsula, Philippines, Cambodia and Champa. This led to Indianisation and Sanskritisation of Southeast Asia within Indosphere, Southeast Asian polities were the Indianised Hindu-Buddhist Mandala.
  Unlike the Hindu kingdoms within the Indian subcontinent, the Pallava empire of the southeastern coast of the India peninsula did not have culture restrictions on crossing the sea. Chola empire also had profound impact on Southeast Asia, who executed South-East Asia campaign of Rajendra Chola I and Chola invasion of Srivijaya. This led to more exchanges through the sea routes into Southeast Asia. Whereas Buddhism thrived and became the main religion in many countries of the Southeast Asia, it died off on the Indian subcontinent.
context_section_description: Thailand's relationship with India spans over a thousand years and understandably resulted in an adaptation of Hindu culture to suit the Thai environment. Evidence of strong religious, cultural and linguistic links abound.
caption: Map of South-east Asia c. 900 CE, showing the Khmer Empire in red and Haripunjaya in light green.
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