Cultural and Civilisational Links between India and Southeast Asia: Historical and Contemporary Dimensions [Paperback]

The books presents the study undertaken by the ASEAN-India Centre (AIC) at Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) on Indias cultural links with Southeast Asia, with particular reference to historical and contemporary dimensions.

The book traces ancient trade and maritime links, Chola Empire and Southeast Asia, religious exchanges (the Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic heritage), language, scripts and folklore, performing arts, painting and sculpture, architecture, role of the Indian Diaspora, contemporary cultural interaction, etc.

Introduction.- Part I: Trade and Maritime Links Between South and Southeast Asia.- Chapter 1 Early Contacts between Bali and India.- Chapter 2 Trans-locality and Mobility across the Bay of Bengal: Nagapattinam in Context.- Chapter 3 Indian Patterned Cotton Textiles and Trade with East and Southeast Asia.- Part II: Continuities and Change.- Chapter 4 Indigenous Thought on Indian Traditions in Thailand.- Chapter 5 Panyupayana: Pre-Islamic Philippines as a Hindu Polity?.- Chapter 6 Indian-Southeast Asian Contacts and Cultural exchanges: Evidence from Vietnam at One Time.- Part III: Representations of Religions and Rituals.- Chapter 7 From Ziva[
sana to Agama Hindu Bali: Tracing the Indic Roots of Modern Balinese Hinduism.- Chapter 8 Power, Prestige and Possession: Interwoven Legacies of Ida Pedendas  Priestesses in Balinese Hinduism.- Part IV: Textual Traditions and Transmissions.- Chapter 9 Transmission of Textual Traditions in South and Southeast Asia: A View from India.- Chapter 10 The Bhagavad-G+t
Sections of the Old Javanese Bh+cmaparwa: Text Building and the Formation of the State in Premodern Indonesil“'