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Earliest kingdoms outside of India was established in Vietnam by the Champa Dynasty in the 2nd and 3rd centuries C.E.
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Hinduism was initially transported out of India by seafaring merchants and traders, as early as the 3rd century B.C.E.
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The Srivijayan kingdom was established in Sumatra, Indonesia, as early as the 3rd century C.E. By the 8th century it was a massive, powerful kingdom.
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In the the 5th century C.E. Hindu king from southern and eastern India - the modern states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Orissa sent various groups to Sri Lanka. It led to prolonged stuggle for territorial control.
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In the 6th century Cambodia had an insrciption have them recit from a Brahmin who made a gift of the Ramaana, Mahabharta and the Purana texts daily. The reciting of the scriptures helped influencing the religious life of the people.
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In the 10th - 11th centuries Hindu kings have conquered other kingdoms outside of India most notably in Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
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Chola rulers of Tanul Nadu invaded Sri Lanka and succesfully established a Hind Kingdom in the 11th century.
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In the 11th century thay also pushed into southeastern Asia, gained control of protions of Indonesia and Cambodia.
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Angkor Wat, the largest Hindu temple in the world was constructed by the Hindu king, Suryavarman the 2nd in the 12th century C.E. Angkor Wat was not only a religious sturcture, but was also the seat of the Khmer government.
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When the people from central Asia settled in India Their Vedic beliefs were mingld with the beliefs of indigenous Indians.
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Archaelogists have determined that highly developed civilizations flourished throughout the Indus VAlley between 4000 and 15000 B.C.E.
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During the 15th and 16th centuries Hinduism had thoroughly colonized the region from Burma in the north to Java and Amam in the south and sutheast.
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They moved out, restled among new neighbors in the northwestern India, encountered a group of people from Central Asia who brought with them warrior ethics and a religion called Vedism.
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Dedicated to the Hindu goddess Mariamman, the Hindu temple, Sri mariamman Temple, which dates back to 1827 was built by Narayana Pillai in Singapore.
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In the earl 1990's, hindus were few outside of Bali, made up of 93% of the population. Others were scattered throughout the archipelago.
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Nationally, Hindus represented only around 2% of the population in the early 1990's.
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to work as labourers for the British East India company, Indian, mostly Tamil,immigrants immigrated to Singapore in the early 19th century.
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Hindu kingdoms were also established on the islands of Java and Bali. The most substantial Hindu comlex in southeast Asia, Prambanan, was built by the Saliendra dynasty on central Java in the 9th century.
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Hinduism flourished in Cambodia during the Khmer period from the 9th - 15th centuries.
