Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c7.7

c7.7

In the first place, it is necessary to define the geographical area which I have in view. As is well-known, India's cultural contact extended to wide regions all over Asia. But I purpose to deal with only that part of it which is now covered by East Indies, Burma, and the Peninsula of Indo-China, excluding Tonkin, which, though a part of Indo-China, is excluded from my purview as its political and cultural contact was with China rather than with India.