Hinduism in Southeast Asia

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Today, Hindus in Southeast Asia are mainly Overseas Indians and Balinese. There are also Javanese (also other minorities of Indonesia) and Balamon Cham minority in Cambodia and south central Vietnam who also practice Hinduism. Hinduism in Southeast Asia had a profound impact on the region's cultural development and its history. Hindu civilization was adopted and assimilated into the indigenous social construct and statehood of Southeast Asian regional polity. Through the formation of Indianized kingdoms, small indigenous polities led by petty chieftain were transformed into major kingdoms and empires led by a Maharaja with statecraft akin to India. Hinduism still survives as the major religion in Bali, where native Balinese people, adheres to Agama Hindu Dharma.

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