Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c7.39

c7.39

These local traditions are mostly concerned with the foundation of political authority, and may be taken to indicate in a general way how the Hindus gradually usurped royal power in the various localities. But they do not throw much light on the actual process of colonisation and cultural penetration by the Hindus. Some light is thrown on it by the Chinese accounts of the kingdom of Tuen-siun in Malay Peninsula.