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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the region comprising mainland states such as Cambodia and Thailand and the islands of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It lay on major maritime trade routes between India and China. Empires such as the Khmer, Srivijaya and Majapahit arose there, and it was influenced by Indian culture under the Gupta Empire and later occupied by the Empire of Japan.

Southeast Asia
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Mentioned in 37 profiles

Empire of JapanImpactGupta EmpireSocioeconomy, ImpactKhmer EmpireFoundation, Impact, SummaryMajapahit EmpireImpactMaurya EmpireImpactMing EmpireSocioeconomy, ImpactSong DynastySocioeconomySrivijaya EmpireFoundation, Impact, DeclineTang DynastySummaryEastern JinSocioeconomyRyukyu KingdomSocioeconomy, Impact, SummaryKingdom of MagadhaImpactPallava dynastySocioeconomy, Impact, Decline, SummarySatavahana dynastyImpactPala EmpireImpact, SummaryPagan KingdomImpactWestern Chalukya EmpireSocioeconomySukhothai KingdomSocioeconomy, ImpactLan NaSocioeconomy, ImpactAyutthaya KingdomImpact, SummaryBengal SultanateSocioeconomyBrunei SultanateSummarySulu SultanateImpactAceh SultanateFoundation, Military, ImpactRestored Toungoo KingdomFoundationKonbaung dynastyFoundation, ImpactRattanakosin KingdomImpactFrench IndochinaImpactIndonesiaSocioeconomy, SummaryMalaysiaImpactSocialist Republic of VietnamImpactArabicSpeakersBuddhismSpread, SummaryClassical ChineseOriginsHinduismTexts, Spread, Legacy, SummaryIslamSummarySanskritLiterature, Change, Summary

Mentioned in 14 state histories

Kingdom of KalingaVan LangKingdom of AngaAu LacSri Ksetra KingdomChi TuPala EmpireSailendra KingdomJanggalaSamudera Pasai SultanateGowa SultanateChuzanand 2 more

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Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Southeast Asia. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/southeast-asia
MLA
“Southeast Asia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/southeast-asia. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Southeast Asia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/southeast-asia.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Southeast Asia’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/southeast-asia (Accessed: ).

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