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I have never heard of ancient Indian kingdoms going beyond present day afganistan[1]. This falls quite a bit short of Egypt. On the eastern side though, Indones

by kops 13y ago

I have never heard of ancient Indian kingdoms going beyond present day afganistan[1]. This falls quite a bit short of Egypt. On the eastern side though, Indonesia seems to have had Hindu kings[2]. I do recollect reading somewhere that at some point of time Indonesia was controlled from Kalinga but can't seem to find a reference any more. I don't think that the whole area from Afganistan till Indonesia was ever under a single king at any point of time. But I am not much of a historian so wouldn't really bet on any of this stuff. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Indonesia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Indonesia

xerophtye 13y ago
I suppose hinduism could spread that far. I mean consider this, Buddhism actually originates from India. Buddha was a Hindu Prince! And yet its all over the far east (and ironically not much in India). So i suppose Hinduism could spread that far too. (Well Islam and Christianity sure spread a lot!) Btw, I think you are right about the whole area not being in Hindu control at one point in time. The largest Indian kngdom i remember was of Ashoka, and even that din't completely cover all of modern day India+Pakistan (he gave up war right before conquering the south-most tip because he converted to Budhism). I think Muslims actually ruled all of the south-asian subcontinent at one time. The Mughals
- nutanc 13y ago
  No they didnt. The were not able to cover Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the southern parts of Andhra Pradesh.
- monsterix 13y ago
  On the western edge, I found some context about various books and papers linking up Hindu migrations into the Horn of Africa, particularly Egypt. Most of what I read about this was offline, so unable to provide additional dope in here. Here is a write up listing some studies and names of books to consider: http://amlanroychowdhury.webs.com/antiquityofegypt.htm http://amlanroychowdhury.webs.com/antiquityofegypt.htm For far eastern links, read about inter-marriages and relationships for a period of over two millennium between Ayodhya(India) and Seoul (South Korea) [1]. A search on the Kim clan and Princess Heo Hwang-ok and the spread of Buddhist/Hindu culture right up to Japanese coastline can be inferred. This is kind of the spread of Hinduism in South East Asia [2] before convertists of other religions (like Muslims or Christianity) emanated. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_Southeast_Asia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_Southeast_Asia

by kops 13y ago

xerophtye 13y ago

I suppose hinduism could spread that far. I mean consider this, Buddhism actually originates from India. Buddha was a Hindu Prince! And yet its all over the far east (and ironically not much in India). So i suppose Hinduism could spread that far too. (Well Islam and Christianity sure spread a lot!) Btw, I think you are right about the whole area not being in Hindu control at one point in time. The largest Indian kngdom i remember was of Ashoka, and even that din't completely cover all of modern day India+Pakistan (he gave up war right before conquering the south-most tip because he converted to Budhism). I think Muslims actually ruled all of the south-asian subcontinent at one time. The Mughals

nutanc 13y ago
No they didnt. The were not able to cover Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the southern parts of Andhra Pradesh.
monsterix 13y ago
On the western edge, I found some context about various books and papers linking up Hindu migrations into the Horn of Africa, particularly Egypt. Most of what I read about this was offline, so unable to provide additional dope in here. Here is a write up listing some studies and names of books to consider: http://amlanroychowdhury.webs.com/antiquityofegypt.htm http://amlanroychowdhury.webs.com/antiquityofegypt.htm For far eastern links, read about inter-marriages and relationships for a period of over two millennium between Ayodhya(India) and Seoul (South Korea) [1]. A search on the Kim clan and Princess Heo Hwang-ok and the spread of Buddhist/Hindu culture right up to Japanese coastline can be inferred. This is kind of the spread of Hinduism in South East Asia [2] before convertists of other religions (like Muslims or Christianity) emanated. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_Southeast_Asia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_Southeast_Asia