Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c10.9

c10.9

But the progress of Sanskrit in the colonies during the next five hundred years adds a new chapter to the history of that literature. The small Hindu kingdom of Champā has yielded more than fifty Sanskrit inscriptions. They are written both in prose and verse and are good specimens of the high-flown artificial style current in India about the same period. All these are collected in my book on Champā, and anyone who reads them cannot fail to be struck with the rich cultivation of Sanskrit even in this remotest Indian Colony in South-east Asia.