WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Southern Indian traders, adventurers, teachers and priests continued to be the dominating influences in Southeast Asia until about 1500 CE. Hinduism and Buddhism both spread to these states from India and for many centuries, they existed there with mutual toleration.

Detailed explanation-2: -The impact of Indian culture was profound, especially in parts of Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Cambodia, and the Indonesian archipelago. Local rulers adopted concepts of state and kingship as well as urban development and hydraulic engingeering. They also embraced a script and literature in the Sanskrit language.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overall influence of China and the United States in Southeast Asia. In the last five years, China has increased the overall margin of its influence compared to the United States in Southeast Asia. In 2018, China led the United States 52–48 for influence in the region. In 2022, this lead increased to 54–46.

Detailed explanation-4: -Over the course of the nineteenth century, Southeast Asia is colonized by Britain, France, and Holland. In 1799, the Dutch government takes over the Dutch East India Company’s rule of parts of the Indonesian archipelago.

Detailed explanation-5: -For adherents to these views, pre-colonial South East Asia was dominated by communal, village-based production, over which weak centralised state structures had limited control and made limited demands. Production was dominated by agriculture to which craft activities were merely annexed.