The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s6.2

c13.s6.2

It is to be remembered that in the early centuries of the Christian era Siam had no independent existence, being but a province of Cāmboja. Whatever is known about the establishment of Greater India in Cāmboja during this period may refer therefore equally to Siam also. From the earliest inscriptions of Cāmboja, e.g., those from the sixth to the ninth century A.C., be they in Khmer or in Sanskrit, we understand the prevalence of Hindu gods, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva alongside of Buddha.