Cultural and Civilisational Links between India and Southeast Asia Historical and Contemporary Dimensions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Saran, Shyam (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Culture-Economic aspects.; Ethnology-Asia.; Southeast Asia-History.; International business enterprises-Cross-cultural studies.; Shipping.; Cultural Economics.; Asian Culture.; History of Southeast Asia.; Cross-Cultural Management.; Maritime Economics.
• Physical Description: XXI, 371 p. 64 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789811073175
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7317-5

The books presents the study undertaken by the ASEAN-India Centre (AIC) at Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) on India's cultural links with Southeast Asia, with particular reference to historical and contemporary dimensions. The book traces ancient trade and maritime links, Chola Empire and Southeast Asia, religious exchanges (the Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic heritage), language, scripts and folklore, performing arts, painting and sculpture, architecture, role of the Indian Diaspora, contemporary cultural interaction, etc.