How did Hinduism reach Cambodia?
The hindhu scriptures mention Cambodia as Kamboja right from Vedic times - Who are ancient Kambojas and their LandThe Kambojas had a little bit of Hindhu background right from the Vedic age but this is a disputed topic.But later on, the Pallavas and the Cholas were having trade and maritme contacts with the south east regions of asia. This also led to many conquests - Chola dynasty, Pallava dynastyDuring the Cholas, there were lot of trade contacts and then Cambodia was turned into Hindiusm by the Khmer king Suyravarman I by the great Rajendra Chola I, between the 8th and 10th century AD.
Does Bali province of Indonesia derive its name from the King of Kishkindha mentioned in Ramayana?
No, from what I know, Sri Kesari Warmadewa from Sanur in Bali gave the island the name Bali Dwipa in the year 913, which is from Sanscrit meaning island of sacrifice, reincarnation, or offering. Before that, it was known by sailors as Bally, Boly, or Ballie, and the Spanish called it Minor Jawa.
Was Indonesia ever a part of India?
Ancient Indonesia was known as Nusantara. Nusantara modern day consists of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, East Timor, South Thailand, and South Philippines. These nations were part of the great South East Asia archipelago known as Nusantara. During Hindu-Buddhist times which was before the 14th century, Nusantara was part of the “Greater India” nation.Indian cultural extent:Dark orange: The Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan). Light orange: Southeast Asia culturally linked to India, notably Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Champa (Southern Vietnam), Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia.Yellow: Regions with significant Indian cultural influence, notably China's Yunnan, Tibet, the Philippines and historically Afghanistan.The term Greater India is most commonly used to encompass the historical and geographic extent of all political entities of the Indian subcontinent, and the regions which are culturally linked to India or received significant Indian cultural influence. These countries have to varying degrees been transformed by the acceptance and induction of cultural and institutional elements of India. Since around 500 BCE, Asia's expanding land and maritime trade had resulted in prolonged socio-economic and cultural stimulation and diffusion of Hindu and Buddhist beliefs into the region's cosmology, in particular in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.
Why do Tamils think that they are the only ancient Indian kingdom with maritime adventures?
Tamils don't think they are the only ancient kingdom- please correct -insecurities around many are unable to digest the fact It is he most ancient mother for all civilisation. Tamil is not just a language to corner, it is a civilization ages after age.we cannot associate many North Indian history more than 3000 yrs, even the Indus escavation had proved it has nothing to do with aryan lifestyle. Fact is Tamil archeological evidences are strategically covered up by ruling parties because the Indian history and even darwins theory has to be rewritten.( please read book forbidden archeology which was rejected to be released by Europe and released based on Russias assistance)Tamil is not just mythological logic less civilisation with maritime adventures. It is completely science and cosmic based civilization without any caste or racial discrimination or untouchability. Meaning 7 stages of every human life(male & female) as a time keeping concept dated as old as 20,000 years. Any student under gurukul can become a saint or even Kshatriya completely based on his skills and no bias nature.As per western influence it is compulsively termed into Hinduism which only associates to Indus- five river Deccan area. And please don't come up to a conclusion that I am Tamil.Try covering up history the more truth will be revealed.
Is Indonesia similar to India?
In many aspects, YES. The name itself “Indonesia” comes from two words meaning “Indian Islands”. Indonesia=”Indo” and “Nesia” originates from two Greek words which is “Indus” which is the name of a river in present-day Pakistan, and “Nesos” which means islands, thus Indonesia means “Indian Islands”. The name was given by ancient historians because of the similarity between the two nations (India and Indonesia). Similarity in the sense of many aspects of Indonesia are heavily derived and influenced from India. Indonesia was part of the Greater India culture sphere which before Islam, Indonesia was used to be Hindu-Buddhist nation which the religion was brought in from India, this results that the culture, language, history, and and way of life of Indonesia is heavily similar to India.The first case is the language. The language of Indonesia is known as “Bahasa Indonesia”. The word itself is derived from Sanskrit. “Bahasa” is a word from Sanskrit “Bhasa” which means language. Also many Sanskrit words are present in Indonesian language, and many are Indonesianized. Such as “Vijay” in Indonesia becomes “Wijaya”, “Prameswar” in Indonesia becomes “Prameswari”, “Karthik” in Indonesia becomes “Kartika”, etc. There are also many Indonesian local langauges which has many Sanskrit influence, such as Malay, Javanese, Balinese, etc.