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Sugriva, the chief of Rama's army dispatched his men to Yawadvipa, the island of Java, in search of Sita. [13] It was hence referred to by the Sanskrit name "yāvaka dvīpa" (dvīpa = island). Southeast Asia was frequented by traders from eastern India, particularly Kalinga, as well as from the kingdoms of South India. [14]
Java [a] is one of the islands in Indonesia.It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 153.8 million people, Java is the world's most populous island, home to approximately 54% of the Indonesian population. [2]
Before the arrival of the Abrahamic religions of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, the prevalent religions in the region were the Indian religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. They were brought to the archipelago around the second and fourth centuries, respectively, when Indian traders arrived on the islands of Sumatra , Java and Sulawesi , and ...
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Islam is part of everyday life for adherents in Southeast Asia and is not separated from "non-religious realms". [7] Southeast Asia is the global region with the highest number of Muslims in the world, surpassing the Middle East and North Africa. [5] [8] Islam in Southeast Asia is neglected in Western study of Islam which centers around the ...
Islam is the second largest religion in Asia with about 1.2 billion adherents. [53] [54] Asia constitute in absolute terms the world's Muslim population. [55] South and Southeast Asia are home of the most populous Muslim countries, with Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Malaysia having more than 100 million
Hinduism is a minority religion in Cambodia which is followed by about 1,000 to 15,000 individuals. Even being a small minority in the Buddhist majority nation it highly influences the vast culture and history of Cambodia with being prominent religion under the Khmer Empire. Today most of the Cambodian Hindus are Indians in Cambodia. Cambodia ...
The most common native terms for shamans among Austronesian groups in Island Southeast Asia are balian, baylan, or cognates and spelling variants thereof. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] They are all derived from Proto-Western-Malayo-Polynesian *balian , meaning "shaman" (probably originally female, transvestite , or hermaphroditic) or " medium ". [ 4 ]