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Hinduism was founded in India in 1500 b.c or earlier. It is not known who founded it.
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In the second and third century, one of the earliest Hindu kingdoms outside of India was established by the Champa Dynasty in Vietnam.
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Many of Hindu beliefs were written down in a set of scripture, known as the Vedas, around 1300 b.c.
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In 600 BC a new form of Hinduism was formed after people revolted against the priest because they were too controlling.
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Hinduism is believed to have spread outside of India by sea merchants and traders during the 3rd century b.c.
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By the first century, there were many signs that Indian culture has influenced many parts of southeast Asia.
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Hindus were being greatly reduced by Buddism in between the first and fifth century.
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Merchants that traveld the Silk Road, using the Sea Lanes through the India Ocean, had a big impact of spreading Hinduism.
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Srivijayan kingdom, another Hindu kingdom, was established in as early as the third century in Sumatra, Indonesia. It became a lage and powerful kingdom by the eighth century.
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Beginning in the 5th century, southern and eastern Indian Hindu kings sent lots of groups to Sri Lanka.
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The Chola rulers of Tamil Nadu invaded Sri Lanka and tried to establish a Hindu kingdom. By the 11th century, they were successful and controlled the whole island.
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In the 12th century, the largest hindu temple in the world ,named the Angkor Wat, was built by King Suryavarman II. It is located in Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia. The start year of the project was 1125 and has an estimated end year of thirty years.
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Hindus were being reduced, once agian, by the spread and growth of Islam.
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By the begining of the Christian Era, Hindus colonized the Burma Java and Annam.
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Hinduism is yet again being reduced because of Christianity gaining more and more followers in Asia.
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Immigrants from Southern India came into Singapore to work for the British East India Company.
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The Sri Mariamman Temple in S Bridge Rd, SIngapore, is a south Indian Hindu temple, that was announced as a historical temple in the 1980's. This was the first Hindu temple and dates back to 1827. It was built by Narayana Pillai.
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There were few Hidu followers outside of Bali and Hindus represented only 2% of the world's population.
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Nitish Kumar revealed a model of the world's next largest Hindu temple named Virat Ramayan Mandir. It will be built at Janki Nagar with a height of 405 feet, almost double the height of the current largest temple.
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The most complex Hindu temple in southeast Asia is the Prambanan. It was built by the Sailendra dynasty in the central Java in the 9th century.
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Hindu Kings have concoured Sri Lanka and Indonesia during the 10th and 11th century.
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Hinduism grew in Cambodia during 9th to the 15th century, in the Khmer period.
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King Yashvarman of Angkor built about 100 ashrams in Kambuja to promote religious and spiritual practices.
