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The Influence of India on



                                Malay Culture









                                                         The


                           founding of Indian kingdoms on


                        mainland or insular Southeast Asia:













                           - The


                 expansion of an                                       •Kingship

                       organized                                     •Ceremonial


                culture that was                                 •Administration


                   founded upon                                       •Language


                      the Indian                                      •Literature


                      concept of                                           •Arts

                        royalty,                                 and architecture


                   characterized                                         •Beliefs


                  by Hinduist or                                        Practices


                  Buddhist cults,


                  and expressed

                     in Sanskrit


                       language


                  (Coedes 1968)
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