The states in southeast Asia became wealthy and powerful by exploiting their position on the trade routes between china and India by using their position as a crossroads to do business along the trade routes, and with that business, they also got Hindu and Buddhist culture.
The kingdoms of Southeast Asia were able to become wealthy and powerful because Southeast Asia lies at one of the world’s great crossroads, in the middle of a trade and pilgrimage route between India and China and the Spice Islands. From the 1st century CE, wealthy kingdoms emerged here. Rulers took Indian names, and adopted both Hinduism and Buddhism. Later, Muslim traders brought Islam to the region.
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