How an Indian Merchant Became Cambodia's First King: a Story of Indianization

[@summersong5876]

Hoping to see a video of India's influence to my country, Phillippines before the Abrahamic religions reached our shores. It always baffles me that Hinduism is the first major world religion that reached our islands and their impact is not well studied enough. Im pretty sure that our pre-Spanish history, The land we now call Philippines today belong to Indo-sphere of influence rather than the Sino-sphere just like most SEA nations as shown in this video.

[@randomturd1415]

Why does it baffle tho tbh. It was gonna be the customs of one of the 2 nearby big civilizations- china or india. Kalinga maintained steady trade, hence took the lead on china. Tho Chinese customs eventually came, they were late to establish the same dominance.

[@summersong5876]

@@randomturd1415 im just thinking that Ancient Chinese folk religon should have gotten to us first but the Chinese were never a maritime power due to their mindset being the middle kingdom. In contrast ancient Indians were maritme people and they brought their culture and their bureauracy to far and wide territories.

[@rajbagwe3732]

If I remember correctly, the Cholas sent an expeditionary force to the Phillipines to scout out the land before a potential invasion led by Sri Lumay. Sri Lumay then defected and instead conquered stuff under his own banner and formed the Rajahnate of Cebu. Interesting stuff...

[@summersong5876]

@@rajbagwe3732 Thats cool to know. Thanks for the info.

[@phoenixj1299]

@@summersong5876 One of the major Indian influence in Philippines came from RajaRaja Chola from Chola dynasty from India who annexed Philippines, Indonesia and many other countries. He spread the Indian culture in philippines

[@elizabethsum8133]

As a Cambodian, I feel that we are at our best when we are connected to our Hindu Indian Ancestors. My father and mother has always celebrated our Indian roots. Many people have attacked, exploited and tried to erase our culture, but fortunately we can look to India to be reminded of our potential. India is truly a blessing to Earth.

[@rohanprabhu-sar-desai2282]

I am from a lineage of vaishita maitravaruna and kondinya kshtriya our Gotra today is kondinya it’s so nice to know this

[@vdj_b2_empire_ent]

Love From Bharatvarsh 🇮🇳

[@ISHITA_PRATEEK]

Love to all our Cambodia brothers and sisters from India 🩷

[@GIGADEV690]

@@rohanprabhu-sar-desai2282 shut up stop bringing caste 😂.

[@RiteshKumar-pe9vc]

Kurru's dynasty from Mahabharata

[@zenzone8684]

The fact that they did this all without forcing or hurting the local people is really something!

[@randomturd1415]

Fights happened. The difference is fights didn't happen with the intention of conversion as the primary goal. The main goal was just to conquer btw territory

[@bpt3486]

@Neicha Reich he was actually i live in the area from where the merchant is originated

[@nan123jishnu]

S . Hinduism never forced anything . Whatever u do that returns -only thing it says . Hinduism never mentioned anything about other beliefs , cuz we don't care what religion u r , but can't escape from karma . We never invaded any country for looting like the Europeans and Islamic looters did . We done every war , with rules with the invading looters . We don't convert our family and friends to Hinduism. We don't do mass murders who refused to convert to their religion like Islamic invaders did here in India to sikhs. Currently its different Mostly hindu women r must converted when they married their Islamic lover .

[@theidleguy9041]

Hinduism never reached there, it was always there. Just like it never begin in India, it was always here 🙏

[@mortache]

@@theidleguy9041 lol who were the first hindus then, the bacteria that evolved long ago? Aryans came from around Ukraine through Iran, go back to school

[@stefanoriva1738]

As an European (Italian) I had not idea of all of this! It's really beautiful to know some bits of history from a not eurocentric perspective!

[@immortal_universee]

Do you know Roma and sinti community of Europe is also from India

[@speedythings7396]

European propagandists don't let you know

[@stefanoriva1738]

@@speedythings7396 we don't have such things here in Europe. Shut up!

[@deepakadhiraaijog7387]

Britishers have changed the writings in English while translating from Sanskrit, Pali , Tamil, Kannada and all other Ancient Indian languages. So you will hear only English perspective and not Indian or south Asian perspective

[@sagarpatel3043]

Even your ancestry have a deep connection with India. Before Christianization happened and through brainwashing, calling it "modernization". You will see the Romans also use to follow Dharm.

[@TheOis1984]

culturally, indian influence still can be felt in SE Asia. From where i live (Indonesia) there are many variations of curry and spiced food that undeniably have indian influence. there are ancient hindu and buddha temple complexes from 1000+ years ago still standing today, and the Sanskrit language is still widely used in naming children.

[@danidejaneiro8378]

What are some Sanskrit baby names?

[@polyness5962]

@@danidejaneiro8378 well, it may not sound like 100℅ Sanskrit words, as most of them have been customised to local tongue, such as: Wishnu (Vishnu) Surti (Shruti) Darsono (Darshana) Wirawan (Vairavan) etc. Ancient Indonesian people (or even majority Indonesians nowadays) have hard time at pronouncing V. So, "V" sound in Sanskrit became "W" or "B" when this sound came to Indonesian shore.

[@danidejaneiro8378]

@@polyness5962 - that's amazing, thank you. Do Muslim-Indonesians use these names?

[@The_KAUSTUBH]

Are you a Indonesian hindu?

[@TheOis1984]

@@The_KAUSTUBH nope, i’m indonesian chinese :)

[@DM-cy7hy]

As an Indian, i respect Cambodias ancient history a lot, the Angkor Wat truly fascinates me, not just the temple the studies surrounding the temple, their water bodies... It's truly mind blowing human creation 🙏

[@FromPlanetZX]

Visit Cambodia first, then we will see whether you like Cambodians or not after your treatment.

[@DM-cy7hy]

@@FromPlanetZX arey bhai, Hindi me likho, kuch samaz me aayega Aisa likho

[@FromPlanetZX]

@@DM-cy7hy bhai edit kar diya hai, dubara se padh lena. Theek hai?

[@DM-cy7hy]

@@FromPlanetZX arey bhai, aapka reply ka matlab nahi, aap mera post dobara se padh lena, Maine Cambodia ke Ancient History ke bare me bola hai. Aap bhi uspe bane videos, research ko dekho, Aaj ke log ke bare me kuch nahi bola maine

[@MrHardston99]

@@FromPlanetZX i just visited last week and i love combodia and combodians, they are great people. I dont know what caused you to say these. Stayed 2 days in siem reap i would love to visit again .

[@zencai08]

Until now 2023 Indian influence 🇮🇳 was still seen in Philippine culture 🇵🇭 Examples is the traditional dress. most of the Filipino traditional dress style was influenced by Indian culture also the traditional dance too. the way we eat using by "hand" is also Indianized, some of our local Philippine languages has influenced by Sanskrit language. the Hanunuo script (ᜬᜤᜨᜲᜦᜧ) Tagbanwa script (ᝮᝲᝤᝲᝩᝲᝨᝳ) and Buhid script (ᝋᝁᝌᝏᝇ) that used nowadays in the province of Mindoro and Palawan, Philippines is influenced by Bhramic script of India. also some of our traditions and lifestyle is also similar to India (but some pilipino didn't notice it) I can say thank you to India because India has contribute to develop Filipino culture 🇮🇳💗🇵🇭

[@prasanth2601]

I thought PH is a mix of chinese and Indian culture, in which chinese are the one who influenced you the most

[@paranoya733]

@@prasanth2601 i agree, chinese influenced the most of filipino even. Geography never lies

[@claireindigo1200]

Eating with your hands is a human thing, not an Indian thing

[@migspeculates]

​@@paranoya733not really. we don't use chopsticks and write emojis

[@paranoya733]

@@migspeculates Is chopstick the only thing influenced by chinese? 🤣 how about loanwords: kuya  哥仔 (ko-iá), hikaw 耳鉤 (hǐ-kau), sampán 舢板 (sam-pán), more than 90 loanwords

[@bearuehara6871]

My grandma came from a royal family in India "Singha" who married into the laotian royal family. My mum always told us stories about how we're descendants of Nagas. How the Naga king came for my great grandfather and asked him to return to their realm. This video is interesting.

[@aman6782]

Please preserve the history of your ancestors, the rich culture, or else, be ready to see it vanish, just like your ancestors' influence and legacy, in front of colonialised culture...

[@neoflynow1130]

believe it or not History of the Khom people They are Thai ancestors. He ordered the construction of Angkor Wat. is the inventor of the Khom script which is adapted from the Indian script This is a problem that Everyone wants all the truth. It is now 2023. In the ancient world, the Land of Suvarnabhumi, The Lavo Kingdom was the birthplace of the KHOM people. Lavo stone castles are everywhere in Thailand. It was built before the Angkor Wat period. I repeat before the Angkor Wat period. For example, Phra Prang Sam Yot in "Lop buri"province Prasat Hin Phanom Rung in "Buri ram" Province of Thailand. I repeat The KHOM people are not Khmer. The KHOM people are the ancestors of Siam. Ancient stone inscriptions in Burma called the Siamese as KHOM.

[@jananiepriyaamarimuthu4229]

Yes. Naga blood line.

[@XoPlanetI]

i am from South India and a direct descendant of Nagas. We don't hurt snakes and in fact we took care of them in the family forests called kaavu

[@mlg1279]

Where did the Nagas come from - according to ur grandma?

[@videoman362]

I'm a Cambodian person and I'm often reminded of our Indian ties from my family members. It's not just that India enriched Cambodia through cultural exchange and trade, but that we as Khmer people were born, so to speak, when Hinduism and Buddhism arrived with the ancient Indians. That is to say, we as a nation, and as a people took our first breaths at the beginning of Indianization, and what ever we were before Funan doesn't matter too much. My family always says that many ancient Khmers were Indian or had Indian parents. This self awareness of of how our cultural and people came to be fascinates me. We never deny our origins (Well, except for the Khmer Rouge wanted us to forget everything that happened in the past but we didn't.) but speak of it with pride because it is what makes us Khmer. Of course, we as everyday people don't know every single detail about our ancient history because we're not all historians, but we know enough. Also, the Khmer marriage ceremony is a re-enactment of the traditional story about Kaundinya and Soma and their wedding. Their memory is kept alive by us through retellings of their story during and outside of weddings. I believe that it is also taught to children in school. Also, kind in mind that this legend has many versions but the overall events are the same. Earlier this year, a large statue of Kaundinya and Soma was built in the city of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, further keeping the legacy of our parents alive.

[@srsingh5024]

Kamboj region of ancient Bharatvarsh.Kamboj,Cambodia(europeanized to suit their culture),Kampuchia and now Cambodia.Let it be Kamboj and it will become closure to us.But certainly King Narottam Singh Anouk (King Norodom Sihanouk ) a great visionary.Narottam refers always to Ram( Raja Ramchandra) or Bhagawan Ram and Siddharth was His incarnation as per Bhagawan Mahapuran of Sanatan Dharm.May Ram always be the King of Kamboj

[@vv6533]

Obviously Cambodia belongs to the indo sphere. So does most of ASEAN like Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia etc

[@fungusamongus.76]

We have khmer speakers in north east india believed to be the first settlers in the north east region megalithic evidences have been found in north east india similar to that found in laos read about megalithic jars

[@videoman362]

@@fungusamongus.76 That is very interesting!

[@kdamprae4236]

@@srsingh5024 nah no , we prefer khmer and we are not kamboj or something u were saying , it is Kampuchea it is our language , we are not indian .

[@samwrought5650]

I love this video so much. I’m Khmer 🇰🇭 I have great respect and love for India 🇮🇳 and Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 as well. Love for Santana Dharma and all Hindu Gods. And most importantly my Indian ancestors.

[@jeevanbakale3320]

Love from India 🇮🇳❤️🇰🇭. Long live Dharma 🕉️☸️❤️❤️.

[@arkadeepchanda9524]

🙏😁

[@scintillam_dei]

"I'm Khmer" Your name checks out, Sam Wrought. You're as Khmer as... Angkor. I mean, not Angkor. That doesn't sound Khmer enough. Let's change it to... Anchorage. There you go.

[@timfallas9347]

@@scintillam_dei when did the Khmer police expand to KZbin comments?

[@fella9293]

Craig

[@cloroxbleach9222]

In Malay, the archaic word for Indians and India was "Keling." Nowadays this word is derogatory and replaced by India or Hindustan but I had to type it out because I'm pretty sure the word is related to the kingdom of Kalinga and it's cool to see the relationship. Bonus: The word for west in Malay is "Barat," and in India they call their country "Bharat." I think "Barat" comes from the fact that traders coming from the west were mostly Indian. Edit: I've checked and sadly "Barat" does not come from "Bharat" but rather a root from proto-Malayic still a cool coincidence nonetheless

[@erickchandra3771]

true

[@prashanthreddy3326]

Interesting

[@Justin1an]

And why mostly Indian in Southeast Asia hate being call "Keling"? Same with Indonesia being call "Indon"? It's basically the shortform call like Viet, Thai, Malay, Pinoy..

[@timfallas9347]

Cambodians also use keling as a derogatory term for Indians.

[@cloroxbleach9222]

@@Justin1an Not really, calling someone an Indon or Viet can still be neutral depending on the context. "Keling" in Malaysia has basically become the n-word but for Indians. Interestingly Brunei still uses the word in its original fashion but they try not to anymore since the derogatory meaning has a lot more influence

[@souviksikdar1864]

As an Indian, I always wondered why the traditional dresses and culture of South east asian countries especially Thailand and Cambodia looked so familiar 😅😅 Their culture is an elegant form of hinduism and Buddhism, like the east of India.

[@siddeshnaik2296]

Budhism is essentially esport version of so called hinduism. It was more like what liberal democracy is too USA.

[@aakasha.sharma7171]

Buddhism 😂😂 does buddhism have its own separate culture? so tell what is the marriage culture of buddhists? death rites? buddhists don't have any culture of their own, so tibetans follow Bon culture like losar, chinese new year etc. Japanese people believe in Shinto culture and perform rituals like marriage, birth, death, Sumo from the same ancient culture. the culture of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam is Hindu. keeping Buddha's idol is not called buddhist culture.

[@SuperDiasuke]

Cambodia was a colony of Thailand (aka Siam) for almost 500 years. Their Kings (e.g. Ang Eng, Norodom, Sisowath) were raised and educated in Bangkok and they introduced Thai culture to Cambodia 200 years ago.

[@ashishmagar3407]

​@@aakasha.sharma7171Okay, chill. You sound like a Hindu supremacist.

[@Wandrative]

@@SuperDiasukeThiland emerged and started from importing and copying all of its culture from Khmers. Thai culture is similar to Cambodia because you guys copied from them. This is like claiming Japan is similar to Korea because Korea was shortly colonized by Japan when in reality Japan was the one who was heavily Korenised in the Ancient era.

[@reality00724]

I am from Odisha (previously Kalinga) and we still celebrate two festivals name boita bandana and Bali Yatra dedicated to sadhavas and their voyages. I am really proud of it. Because right now Odisha is one of poorest state of India, but we had such and rich culture and art in past.

[@underratedsanatani1ne387]

That Kaling always studied as land of defeats in indian history. Mindset need to be changed.

[@ansumanmishra7864]

@@underratedsanatani1ne387 you studied ncert 🤣🤣.... Kalinga is your father.... Mind it You change your mindset..... Kalinga 🔥also ruled your ancestors for at least 100 years, it doesn't matter from which part of India you belong....... BANDE UTKALA JANANAI🙏 JAYA JAGANNATHA....🙏 JAY KHARAVELA 🔥🔥🔥

[@underratedsanatani1ne387]

@@ansumanmishra7864 yes, I know and I am myself a Kalingan watch my logo . I am just saying in national level or ncert or any historical discussion Kalinga is always ignored. They celebrate Asoka over victory of Kalinga. They celebrate chola victory over Kalinga. They celebrate Vijayanagar victory over Kalinga. Kalinga great emperors and empires are not only ignored but when talked about it is villanize. That's why if you study about chola then they proud on their empire today also they are making great movies on them. Tamizhian proud on their kalingattuparani about Kalinga victory which is myth poet.

[@underratedsanatani1ne387]

@@ansumanmishra7864 what you can do by your proud on Kalingan. Because everyone doesn't know what you know. Hence you are always inferior in front of them. Neither our movie or media promote or celebrate our history. No vocal for your pride. Never speak about yourself.

[@quotesstar3895]

आज हि ''The samja'' मे एक आर्टिकल padha kaundinya ke bare me और youtube मे search किया । कार्तिक पूर्णिमा के दिन । odia newspaper

[@usaguru1]

The marriage between Cambodia princess, Soma and Indian prince, Kaundhya is well known in Cambodia. It is a legend of how Cambodia United its kingdom to become a powerhouse in Southeast Asia.

[@aman6782]

भारत और थाइलैंड (सिआम) की दोस्ती के आगे, पश्चिम सभय्ता का जोर मत बढने दो, अपने पूवर्ज की सभय्ता और उनके हिन्दू धरोहर को पुनः अपना के, उन्हे गौरवान्वित करो. Long live the mother culture of thailand and india. Long live the Glory of our ancestors in common. Long live their culture and their teaching, long live the ancient Hinduism, they belonged to, it's time for us to withstand the culture, and heritage of our ancestors. 🙏💙

[@brightstar6492]

​@@aman6782 Do you have something against Cambodia? This video is about India and Cambodia.

[@UniquePicsels]

​@@brightstar6492 he didn't said anything wrong

[@Cambodiayami]

​@bright star Because the truth is in their face so they don't want to speak about it!😂😂😂

[@ファング]

"powerhouse in SEA" lmao

[@SamA-cc3pj]

in the philippines we have a lot of sunskrit words that got incorporated in our local languages even before colonization. our word for creation is likha which is from a sanskrit word. if we werent colonized, hinduism and buddhism would probably be the dominant religions in our country.

[@debosmandasgupta3940]

I guess in Phillipines, the children are not taught this in text books, the Spanish colonisers came and erased and distorted all of the history and forcibly converted ppl to Christianity!!

[@byron-ih2ge]

phillipines also had its own script babayin derived from brahmi script..

[@byron-ih2ge]

the raja of cebu also was a descendant of the chola dynasty..Cebu was the only hindu+animist region in phillipines rest of it was buddhist+animist ..

[@francoisangeloobrero2302]

Yes. Decolonize the philippines and let's relearn our real roots.

[@byron-ih2ge]

@@francoisangeloobrero2302 i mean its just great that u dont see the spanish as hero.. Filipinos r the sweetest people i ever met to be fair

[@sophien5416]

As a khmer who has traveled to both India and Cambodia, I am in awe of how much shared history there is. I always recommend for Hindus and Buddhists around the world to make pilgrimage to these two countries because you will find so much familiar cultural history that unites us. Also, this origin story is something we are very proud of as our weddings still to this day maintain the same rituals as the original Indian king and Cambodian queen. And even today interfaith marriage and intercultural marriage is quite popular amongst international, next gen cambodians. Blending, sharing and unconditional love are beautiful things.

[@indianamerican6362]

I had the same feeling when I first traveled to Cambodia a few years ago. I have been to other countries, but Cambodia left a huge memory in my mind. I went there just to see Angkor Wat and hopefully get a chance to interact with locals in my next trip. I was mesmerized with the architecture of the gigantic temple. I did not get much opportunity as I was busy traveling around, but next time I like to take time to interact with locals.

[@rachitchhorn8616]

@american6362 Outside of SiemReap a city full of ancient Khmer architecture, you can enjoy the night life, shoping, going to royal palace, museum, and the beautiful park in Phnom Penh and spend a few more days in the coastal cities of Sihanoukville or Kep to relax. I recommend you to visit Koh Rong in Sihanoukville which is one of the best beach in SE Asia.

[@Huuuuuuuuuuuu107]

lol while in India inter faith and inter culture is a huge huge taboo. Probably a much greater taboo than actual crimes in India

[@SlayerOfEnemies]

That's why we in Odisha have Baliyatra (Journey to Bali) aswell. Kalinga (now Odisha) flourished on maritime routes, and dominated South East Asia, and Bay of Bengal was actually called Kalinga Sagar

[@malaykumarsingh2808]

@@AfridiBD British named it as Bay of Bengal.

[@parvadhami980]

@@malaykumarsingh2808 prior to that Bay of Bengal was known as Bangopasagar

[@SlayerOfEnemies]

@@parvadhami980 Yes. Kalinga Sagar > Bangopasagar> Bay of Bengal

[@vanisridhar5509]

@@malaykumarsingh2808 we use to call it as vanga Kadal. Vanga = benga (we don't use ba so we used va) Kadal = ocean

[@dore3faso6sido]

Idk if this information are related or not In java we have many inscriptions about foreigners who live in archipelago specially in java from 9 - 13 centuries In kaladi inscription 906 ce wrote : Ariya, dravidian, pandhya, kling, shinghala, khmer mon cham, hunjeman (arab persia rum merchants) are foreigners. The foreigners who work and trade must pay tax and can't live in city or villages, just in the port.

[@sruthiii]

Being a Kaundinya myself, I had no idea there's so much impact by someone in our ancestral history. Such an interesting video, thanks for making this.

[@saishashi9978]

I belong to Brahmin clan who started kingdom in java Indonesia by our gotra name salankayana and kingdom name was salakanegara.

[@saishashi9978]

@@சுரேஸ்தமிழ் "Agasthya muni" created Tamil language.

[@blessing5465]

@@saishashi9978 Brahmins who followed religion as a profession are unlikely to have lived as kings, warriors and traders. Brahmins never ruled the indian plains because their clan occupation was different but indian kings were given the high title of brahmin by brahmin clerg but they are not brahmins by blood. There is also other history that Kaundinya is of Tamil descent, because of this the influence of Tamil language and script is high in South Asian languages like Khmer, Javanese, Kawi, Baybayin and Thai.

[@blessing5465]

@@saishashi9978 Agathiya muni also Tamil. Tamil was spoken throughout the Indian subcontinent before Aryans arrival.

[@srinivasshinde6685]

Me too, my gotra is Kundinya!!!

[@quiet7632]

Love to our Indonesian, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai, Balinese cousins - from India.

[@NotLikeWhatYouThink]

🤣no we dont..i bet you never travel to these country..our faced facial structure doesnt look like indian AT ALL even our skin colour different..if you say we indian high chances you get slapped by them.Its rare to find indian in vietnam,cambodia,myanmar,thai in malaysia bcs indian brought by british as worker..they immigrant..ha..ha.sorry.The term bumiputera/natives only given to malays mon khmer polynesian..not indian..you shoud travel bro.Even in my country its rare to find natives married to indian..our grandparent didnt like we intermarried with other races..even until now.

[@tajup8741]

Majority Indians are definitely not mongoloids lol

[@নারকেল-ম১খ]

@@NotLikeWhatYouThink I agree with Vietnam, but there are literally many Thai, Cambodian, Indonesian, and especially Malaysian who looked like Indian. In Malaysia, Indian is three major race, so there is a high chance of Indian and Malay mixing. Meanwhile chinese prefer only their own, but sometimes they marry Malay.

[@নারকেল-ম১খ]

@@NotLikeWhatYouThink I’m from Bangladesh, I live in Malaysia for many years. Sometimes, Malaysian-Chinese think that I’m Malay, but Malay people think that I’m Indian 😂

[@NotLikeWhatYouThink]

@@নারকেল-ম১খ since you lived in malaysia then you should know that malays in malaysia they muslim..all of them..they cannot convert to other religion born as muslim die as muslim.. thats country constitution they must follow.If man and women malays want to intermarried with other race the person they married with must revert first to islam.Thats why not many malays intermarried with other race unless their spouse revert first.Indian revert small percentage in malaysia..even chinese revert much higher percentage..indian who revert to islam we called indian muslim/mamak..those who intermarried with malay race their child fyi will identify as malay..in birth certificates or identification,license etc..look malays doesnt mean you malays..country constitution in malaysia laws totally different takrif what the criteria for someone we can rectify them as malays..they must speak and fluent malay languange,must be muslim,live with malays culture,someone either father or mother must be malays..so if you bangladesh..you will not considered as malays..those who intermarried with malaysian women..that wife must given birth only in malaysia..we malaysia used term"son of soil" not motherland..there are privilages thing that malays and natives sabah sarawak got..which indian chinese etc(non natives)didnt get that privilages son of soil..one of it natives got rights to get free land from states bcs we son of soil of that stated..mix breed it will drop the privilages those who mix breed even though they recognized as malays caused will not accepted as natives of the state thus they cannot with state gov ..why stated checked who where when they born 5 to 7 generation above must all malays and natives..fyi each states got different rule and privilages different % of tax implement..and federal goverment doesnt have right to intefere in those land owned..why bcs all stated in malaysia previously belong to sultan and king..private property monarchy..9 king and sultan+brunei..all kings and sultan in malaysia they must malay race and muslim..other privilages discount buying house,each foreign or non natives company who want to invest in malaysia or other state must appointed malays as one of directors and theres company share must be given..why foreigners using and benefit our soil.In malaysia chinese indian non natives cannot buy agriculture land..they only can buy houses shop building most leases there also freehold both anytime states can take it back(natives and non)..there qouta for them to buy agriculture land but not many,non natives also cannot get free scholarship and subsidized goverment university at cheap prize..there qouta for them but non many,there investment instrument gurantee by goverment called asb..these only for malays and natives..there qouta for them but not many-asm,they non muslim cannot preach to malays about their religion etc..those who intermarried with malaysian their spouse will be given PR status not citizenship.

[@stima627]

We are Thai and Southeast Asian people. Taking culture from India and developing it into our unique culture.

[@206guy5]

Yes

[@pritsingh9766]

Obviously it will become "unique" over hundreds of years ....

[@aditidubey6563]

HEY ...I SOMEHOW GOT TO KNOW .....some of u worship LORD HANUMAN AND LORD RAM....is that true???

[@divyarajdivyaraj7053]

@@aditidubey6563 the Hindu yes(and maybe buddhists)

[@PK-se2jh]

i am from india. i love South east asia

[@xskrish]

"this change in culture happened without threats, violence or bloodshed" - the exact reason why certain South East Asian nations proudly celebrate their Indian/Hindu past despite being converted to Islam/Christianity. Wish India had better relations today with those countries.

[@debosmandasgupta3940]

Well we have, except Malaysia i guess

[@arkadeepchanda9524]

Yep

[@workhard5751]

FOREIGN INVASIONS AND COLONISATION OF INDIA CUT OFF INDIAN CULTURE FROM THEM BRO... BUT WE'VE GOOD BOND ❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗

[@AnishAbraham]

Definitely. Even Indonesia, which is a Muslim country, has Sanskrit mottos in their various coats of arms.

[@varun2250]

It was the foreign invasions of the Subcontinent that stopped the connection with South East Asia. Otherwise the situation would be totally different today. Also it's because of colonial strategy that people who look different from each other started to compartmentalize themselves. Most societies in Asia didn't have the concept of race back then

[@diptiprakashbehera8684]

I'm Odia, a resident of modern day Kalinga, Odisha. I can say this is one of the most beautifully explained connections between ancient Odisha with South East Asia. Even, every year, we celebrate Bali Jatra to commemorate the start of Journey of Sadhabas to South East Asian Countries. The name Bali Jatra derives its name from Bali island of modern day Indonesia.

[@deepalisardesai110]

I didn't know! I did a little digging and found out i was from the "kaundinya"(the sage) gotra. Which means somewhere down the line i probably have a common ancestor with them.

[@RadenYohanesGunawan]

I will learn Hinduism in Bali 😊

[@melg6834]

😂😂😂😂

[@soyanshumohapatra]

Bro I didn't know that _Bali jatra_ means *Journey to Indonesia* ; I thought it has something to do with sand

[@atabeyounis]

I love this video! I'm a World History teacher in the USA and will use this in my class. I like that this video is relatively short since I have found students start to zone out with videos that are more than 15 mins long

[@thegreatgatsby8180]

I thought the USA and the west only taught negative things about India. Do you teach Americans about invention of Zero by Aryabhatt, Indus - Saraswati Valley Civilization 🤔.

[@krishnanunnimadathil8142]

Now is that some honour or what! Two cheers!

[@សោមសុម៉ានីតា]

good to know! but just to let you know, Soma isn’t just some chief daughter but she is the daughter of the Naga king so that mean she is a Naga princess who later become queen and she is the first leader and first monarch of Cambodia and it’s not kaundinya, he is the first king but second. Queen Soma in our language(Cambodia/khmer) is Neang neak and kaundinya is preah thong.

[@anirudh177]

@@thegreatgatsby8180 Why would think that? Weirdo

[@aruncv1373]

That is a brilliant observation. The best time line for maximum attention is 5-10 min. Carry on!

[@TK-js7yz]

As a proud Armenian I see India as a valued friendly superpower!❤

[@tlsvd5842]

America don’t care for India only using India to fight and contain China’s rise, just like the British colonized India and killing millions of Indians

[@escapedeviltrap]

Tysm

[@sahasransusbarik]

I am from ancient Kalinga kingdom , till today we celebrate the festival BALI YATRA means journey to Bali. This celebration commemorates our ancestors maritime journey to all the South East Asian nations.

[@satriayudhanugraha3523]

Journey to Bali (an island of Indonesia)?

[@sahasransusbarik]

@@satriayudhanugraha3523 ,yes. I have read that in the history of Java, there was a kingdom called KALINGA KINGDOM. People in south east Asian countries still call Indians as Keling.

[@satriayudhanugraha3523]

@@sahasransusbarik that's cool, i know the kalinga kingdom too

[@sahasransusbarik]

@@satriayudhanugraha3523 ,in school its written in our book that our ancestors were travelling to Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Malaya, Kambouja (Cambodia), Bali, Brahma desh (Burma/Myanmar) , Suvarna dwipa (Thailand) etc places for trade.

[@satriayudhanugraha3523]

@@sahasransusbarik yes, my school teach history about indian trade here

[@Shikhar_Pandey916]

As an Indian I get fascinated by seeing the culture diversity of India and southeast Asia and how we evolved over the year's and those time's still can be seen my favorite place to visit is the place Bali a beautiful preserved place.

[@mem145]

អគុណចំពោះការចែករំលែក🙏❤️ THANKS FOR SHARING THIS. love from Cambodia.

[@myfriendpedro9775]

It's shame in India, they don't taught us such things, neither entertainment industry didn't show us such things. that's why India lost it's bond with these such countries.

[@ammiism]

I didn’t know Cambodia has such deep connections with India. I will definitely visit this country.

[@xavierneang3006]

@@birdiec2769 what a loser. Just let them experience it and make their decision

[@jommzom9715]

I thought it was obvious with all the names and the culture

[@billfahchannel934]

As DNA analysis of international. Cambodian's DNA doesn't have DNA of Ancient Mon and India. Cambodian DNA are included African and Indonesian. They are not the people on this Mainland. But Thai people have DNA of Ancient Mon mostly in SEA and including with Tai-Ka-dai and India. You can search Khmer DNA analysis in Google.

[@playcat22211]

Some cambodian look a lot like indian

[@elizabeth4275]

Still now we share a lot similar culture with Indian and I always known about this history story since I was a kid and every Cambodian does

[@marthell6159]

I’m a Buddhist, born and raised, but a proud to be a follower of Sanatana Dharma!

[@Tamo8]

I really love this channel, you do an awesome job in depicting our ancient history. However, in modern India, there are people who have origins in Cambodia. The Khasi and Pnar tribes of Meghalaya trace their origin to ancient Cambodia. Both Cambodians and the Khasis speak languages of the Austro-Asiatic family, Khasi and Mon-Khmer also sound very similar. It is said that the Khasi tribes are one of the oldest tribes to settle in North-Eastern India and the Khasi kings had a rich historical presence in Assam, Meghalaya (where majority of Khasi people reside) and parts of Bangladesh.

[@agonnoga6100]

The original inhabitants of North East are not Austroasiatic or Sinic but Indic Bengalis. These places were parts of Bengali kingdom called Kamrupa. Kamrupa was invaded in circa 1200 CE by Chinese Ahoms followed by the Burmese in circa 1400 CE. Entire NE was under Burmese occupation till 1800 CE when East India Company freed these lands from Burma and returned to india. This is how NE today has predominantly mongoloid and Austroasiatic people who are not natives of these places and have never considered themselves as Indians leading to insurgencies and separatism right after 1947. Burma has also never reconciled to loss of NE to india which is why Burma along with China have been aiding and abetting the insurgency movement in these parts almost since India gained independence from Britain.

[@eee9034]

@@agonnoga6100 that can be said for ahom dynasty but what about other countless tribes they cannot invade or conquer any kingdom look at their population , It impossible to think that "indic" bengalis (i dont know what you consider as indic) were the only one to live in northeast, And how much of present NE was considered as NE that time. bengali people/civization(old to present) are great in plains , but northeast is full of high hills, mountains , uneven terrains so much so that its not suitable for a bengali lifestyle(except in the plains of bhramaputra river), there would not be only bengali in all over the present NE map

[@Tamo8]

@@agonnoga6100 This is such a bs pseudohistoric narrative, what you are saying is extremely divisive. The Meitei/Manipuris are one of the classical Indian cultures, they even find a mention in Mahabharata, go ahead and say that they "are not native". If the entire NE was under Burmese control then most tribes would be Buddhist and speak Burmese. Calling the inhabitants of NE as "non native" is just a very sick mentality of us "indic" people.

[@agonnoga6100]

@@Tamo8 The Meitei like the Ahoms are Dai Chinese from Yunnan. They are not natives of India. Mahabharata said Chinese or Austroasiatic Cambodians are natives of NE?? 😆 you must be high on something very potent. The original inhabitants were either Dravidians or Australoid whom the Indo Aryans likened to dark skinned demons. Bhim married Hidimba from this region. Nagas, Kukis, Mizos etc are found in both India and Burma. What more proof do you want?? People of Tripura have surnames like Burman, Barman, Devburman which means someone from Burma. Burmese, are not one people speaking Burmese. They are extremely diverse lot which is why Burma has been wracked with insurgencies just like India's NE supported by foreign powers and drug trade. Burma itself got that name after Bamar Chinese occupation just like Bengali Kamrupa became Axom aka Assam after occupation by Chinese Ahoms from Yunnan. All these are missing from our history books because the government in New Delhi which took over from the British wants to keep people in the dark. This has been raised by respected members of BJP and admitted by non other than Shashi Tharoor.

[@agonnoga6100]

@@eee9034 it is utter nonsense to claim Bengali people only live in plains and not hills as upper caste Bengalis arrived here from mountainous north west with the drying up of the Sarawati River. Many moved from Bengal to Maharashtra and South India and large number of them went further from Bengal and North East to South East Asia giving rise to these Hindu civilizations before large scale Chinese migration and subsequent Islamization by Arabs. The tribes you are talking about all originate in Southern China. Many moved to these parts due to wars in China. The original inhabitants were not mongoloid. Genetic study of modern inhabitants and human remains from archeological excavations will give a more complete picture on the pattern of migration to this part of India and South East Asia.

[@dayangmarikit6860]

The name of the city of (Maynila/Manila) is actually based on the Indic word (Nila) meaning (Indigo) or (Blue), this is because of the blue or indigo yielding plants that are found in the region.

[@TingTong2568]

Are you sure Manila derive from indic word "Nila"?

[@multiverse0070]

Nila also means' land 'in indian languages

[@Genericperson658]

@@multiverse0070 it also means the moon

[@ophirbactrius8285]

Such a garbage bogus infos 😂😂😂😂😂

[@multiverse0070]

@@Genericperson658 yes, athu oru sthalapperu aayathu kondu land enna vaakku inu aayirikkum kooduthal chance alle? Nammude naattilum 'kara', ' kunnu', 'nadu' tudangiya vaakku cherth sthalapperu idarundallo.. Eg. Aruvikara, nilamel, neyyathinkara, nilambur, nilakkal. I hope u understand the language ☝️😊

[@tadasrirathung9492]

Wow! You open my eyes! Thanks ❤ I am Thai and always wonder since I was young that how come Cambodia has more Indian cultures such as architecture, temples, and languages similar to those of India. I kept thinking that the way the Indians came was through land and if that was the case, they had to arrive Burma and Ayutthaya Kingdom before Cambodia (or Funan Kingdom). I hadn’t thought that their merchandisers came through sailing in Andaman sea and Gulf of Thailand, and hence, Cambodia first. This also explains why my ancestry from southern Thailand looks more Indian than Chinese. Wow!!!!! 🤩

[@spidy9883]

Infact reverse thing happened.....Burmese people came to india northeast and made ahom Dynasty.

[@BadassGoddess]

Your ancestors were Hindus

[@crew]

Who is going to tell this lost thai that there was no Thailand back then, even if the Indians had arrived from the west, they would have encountered the Mon and Khmers first. Ayuthaya was founded centuries later after the Khmer Angkor period.

[@crew]

That is why there are Khmer ancient temples still scattered all through present day Thailand.

[@rachitchhorn8616]

How come? Thailand is around 700 years old? Are you lost ?

[@goldeagle1976]

Hinduism and indianization spread so much without any violence or any forceful action and it makes us proud, but the tragedy is India itself got invaded again and again , and foreign religions were spread forcefully. They killed millions brutally, forcibly married and poached women, destroyed universities, temples. Though Indian kings gave foreigners permission to practice their faiths earlier. ⭐ Thanks man for doing research and making such videos of history which is lesser known today.

[@hewas_chewasky]

Everyone would leave that cûItHìñdûìśm because so much càštébášèd ìńhúmàńé páìń

[@dinesht728]

Mmm...Hinduism...☕🤣🤣

[@dasgerbil5189]

nope. there are wars and looting in early history of sourh east asia, especially the old kingdom if Keda. That after considering the killings in India continent itself against Ajivika and other minorities

[@mysterious7215]

@@dasgerbil5189 no

[@dore3faso6sido]

Idk if this information are related or not In java we have many inscriptions about foreigners who live in archipelago specially in java. In taji inscription 906 ce wrote : Ariya, dravidian, pandhya, kling, shinghala, khmer mon cham, hunjeman (arab persia rum merchants) are foreigners. The foreigners who work and trade must pay tax and can't live in city or villages, just in the port.

[@youxarexmyxsunshine]

This is such an amazing mini documentary and the illustrations are absolutely beautifully drawn and explained. Your narrations are also clear and easy to understand. Thank you for bringing up Cambodia’s history and the connection between ancient India. Cambodia in fact shares many similarities with India, even the names. Glad India left its influences and Cambodia continues to honor those influences. Lots of love for India, an incredible country. From, Cambodia xoxo

[@youxarexmyxsunshine]

Evidences of these similar connections are from the ancient temple ruins that was built dating back during King Jayavarman VII era (1000 - 1300). His parent names were, King Dharanindravarman II, and Queen Sri Jayarajacudamani. They were the foundations of the Khmer Empire. The Khmer language displayed the used of Sanskrit in their chanting and alphabets. I’m proud of Cambodia’s rich history - filled with bravery, heroism, patriotism, tragedy, confusion, fear, but above all, a country that rise back up (again) but by bit. I love India’s dance and costumes. Indian people are the most gorgeous looking people. 🙏 Oṃ śānti Oṃ 🙏

[@littlebirdie4333]

🇮🇳♥️🇰🇭

[@cocoleo8111]

Love to Cambodia ❤️

[@poulomi__hari]

This is so informative. I am Indian and this part of history was never taught to us. It's a shame that New Delhi neglects India's rich heritage and only teaches about Delhi Sultanate or the Mughals. They had only ONE paragraph regarding the GLORIOUS Deccan dynasties. Such a shame. I am proud of the Deccan Heritage that has transported and globalized Indian values across the seas. No wars and yet they came, they saw, they conqured.

[@NoRiceToEat]

As a history enthusiast I wholeheartedly agree with you. We need to change so much in our books. I curse the macauleyan education system made by the Brits.

[@dumdumdumdum8804]

Could we stop using conquered word, I don't think ancient Indians were interested in conquering.

[@XoPlanetI]

That's why are revising the History in our textbooks

[@adamsirin7249]

​@@dumdumdumdum8804 lol there were no 'ancient Indians'. India is a British creation. There were only princely states and kingdoms with very different culture. And they cared about conquest as much as anyone else. Brahmins ofc, like the Jewish community, took power through covert means and subversion.

[@adamsirin7249]

@Kaushik Chakraborty lol no its not wth 😂 India is a complex (and pretty senseless tbh) union with a centralised system of revenue collection and distribution which existed only after British arrival. This is just a historical fact whether we like it or not. Prior it was a bunch of kingdoms that managed their own revenue and fought wars amongst each other.

[@SokhomPrins]

I’m Cambodian love India. I have my heart lost in India, Navi Mumbai. Sokhom Prins, author, the influencer, world activist.

[@SokhomPrins]

I live in Australia for now but previously in many countries. Though Cambodia is my homeland. India and Cambodia goes back in history as having a connection. I love India because I have a connection. Let say my family has Indian lineage. I want to stay in India sometime because …

[@PK-se2jh]

i love u bro from India. our brothers from combodia

[@SokhomPrins]

@@PK-se2jh Hi Sokhom Prins, Cambodian female author. Good to know you have brothers from Cambodia.

[@rockysage7760]

I didn't know this as an Indian. Thank you for this video. India has such a long history we hardly learn anything in school except for maybe the British and Mughal and that too sparsely.

[@preetamyadav7952]

communist fucked up Indian history

[@rockysage7760]

@@preetamyadav7952 communists have little power in India. Don't be stupid.

[@preetamyadav7952]

@@rockysage7760 Communists have little power in politics but have significant power in academics of Humanities department and Naukershahi

[@centralakbar9132]

@@rockysage7760 communists have power in south india

[@rockysage7760]

@@centralakbar9132 so?

[@xeuoe1249]

I'm from northeast India I'm Tai Ahom Our ancestors migrated to Northeast region from Thailand and China! I have done my DNA test (and it shows i have 42.3% Southeast Asia and 12.5 Han Chinese) Even tho people from Thailand , maynmar etc looks similar to us. Thanks to ahom Kingdom Mughal never got chance to enter South East Asian countries like Myanmar, Thailand and combodia, Laos and Vietnam. If it wasn't Ahom kingdom these countries would have lost its beautiful heritage 🥺❤️

[@flights565fdh]

Mughal = MONGOLIAN

[@DrishtimaKalida-xo3ur]

👺

[@acidFreak420]

I have read about Ahom empire recently. I have huge respect for Ahom empire. I feel sad that history books do not teach about Ahom empire.

[@khagolsan]

Thanks to Lasit the mighty Ahom.

[@oooooooooookkk333]

I have recently read about Ahom History Love from Madhya Pradesh,India

[@jcdenton1635]

This story is actually well known in Cambodia and often told in plays and dances. Cambodians call Kaundinya "Preah Thong" and lady Soma "Neang Neak." The story is often mythologized to include magic and changes slightly depending on who is telling it, but Kaundinya is almost always a prince or brahmin from India (this is my first time hearing he was a merchant) while Soma is either a Cambodian queen who ruled the kingdom, or a princess whose father was king before marrying her to Kaundinya, naming him the new king and marking the beginning of the Khmer people of Cambodia. Indeed, genetic studies show that both modern AND ancient Cambodians have part Indian ancestry (sources below), so whether the story is fact or myth it is a reflection of the real historical connections between Indians and Cambodians that have existed ancient times. Sources on Cambodian genetics: "Indian Genetic Heritage in Southeast Asian Populations," 2021 "Indian Ancestry in Cambodia was Present ~2000 Years Ago," Razib Khan

[@indrasingh6243]

Yeah razib khan the gigachad in asian genetic studies Nice stuff mate

[@cambodianpleasuresquad1753]

genetic tests show that cambodians have north west indian genes not south indian genes. my own genetic test says that i am 10% sindhi.

[@jcdenton1635]

​@@cambodianpleasuresquad1753 It depends on the individual, but we generally have more South Indian ancestry than North Indian ancestry. See the 2021 study I mentioned and look at the substructures shown in figure 3. You can tell that the biggest Indian ancestry in Khmers, the light pink sectiion, comes specifically from South India because it is also biggest in South Indians. That same section also makes up the majority of the substructure of North Indians, but North Indians also have a lot of dark pink ancestry which Khmers do not have as much, suggesting that most of our Indian ancestry doesn't come from them (because otherwise we would have inherited more of it).

[@cambodianpleasuresquad1753]

@@jcdenton1635 for some reason i specifically have north west indian and central asian genes in my genetics.

[@ritikshaw5868]

@@cambodianpleasuresquad1753 your ancestor might have been a sindhi traveller/merchant who settled in South India. And later went with an expedition to Cambodia and married and settled there itself. Seems plausible.

[@sbandyopadhyay6230]

It is not only this beautiful video that enriched me, but also the awesome comments were so enriching. My sincere thanks and appreciation to all of you who kept the conversation so vibrant!

[@elizabethc1463]

I absolutely love this channel and all these videos. I love how you place India in the center of all these trade routes. It really helps me to understand the historical context so much better.

[@deadlyninja8391]

Please read history of Indian Ocean by Sanjeev Sanyal.

[@utubetruthteller]

India is indeed centre's of all trade from ancient times because of it geographical position

[@byron-ih2ge]

There was an ancient indian clan known as kamboja, the guy who founded the kingdom what would later become thailand and cambodia is suspected to belong to this hence kamboja became kampuchea and finally cambodia..There was shailendra dynasty in malaysia-indonesia as well that too had its first king from india Other than that the people of Kalinga have contributed an unexplainable amount of influence towards south east asia. The basically played a major role in forming the base culture of this region, due to this fact all indians were referred to "kelings" by locals and lastly the tamils , everyone is already pretty well aware of the tamil influence on south east asia..

[@kiran9220]

Chalukya and vijayanagar empire also influence in South East Asia.. Control their kingdom pegu khemer

[@jam-ss2jc]

Yes!

[@agonnoga6100]

There is very little evidence of Dravidian culture in South East Asia. All cultural and historical artifacts of South East Asia are predominantly of Indo Gangetic belt. Large number of Tamils were taken to South East Asia by the British to work in their plantations. When the Tamils came across these Indic historical and cultural artifacts that might have sown the idea of Tamil occupation of these places of which there's no evidence on the ground.

[@ultraboy3195]

@@agonnoga6100 Bro your sctipt is pallava script

[@byron-ih2ge]

@@agonnoga6100 nope completely wrong.. All south east Asian scripts r descendants of southern brahmi pallavi script.. the culture as a whole has a much more southern touch to it

[@myselfbiswajit8473]

I am also from Odisha (Kalinga) when I see your videos about ancient India's contribution to world or even specially south East Asia one thing I want to share with all asian who believe in Buddhism and Hinduism that we were not neighbor's we are like a Family❤🇮🇳🇳🇵🇱🇰🇯🇵🇲🇦

[@pradyutdas7358]

You are showing those important parts of Indian history and beyond which were not taught to us well or which no one cared about in India. Stories of once significant but now neglected Kalinga are badly needed to be discussed more. Appreciate your research and presentation brother.

[@harshitrajsingh6842]

That was actually the beauty of India. They influenced the culture and reformed the societies of southeast Asia without any Violence or threats or any conquests as it is mentioned in this video as well. Mind you that India was strong enough to conquer Southeast Asia but they took the peaceful route. Rich cultural heritage of India!!! 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@hawaandroid2786]

You are wrong, there are Indian kings who come and attack our shore, not that peaceful as you said before.

[@batatzbatatzero456]

They took the peaceful route? Lol… they were imported just like how US imports foreign intellectuals to further their economy.

[@sonofuniverse6355]

​@@hawaandroid2786 maybe your ancestors were also came from India

[@wakhansharma8225]

@@sonofuniverse6355 typical Indian thinking like that frog from a well

[@iamgreat1234]

They destroyed Palembang, a 9th century Malay cities in Sumatra. Malay take revenge later attack Sri Lanka, the base for Chola dynasty.

[@Ritvik-xs3yh]

In no flattery, your channel ODD COMPASS is my favourite youtube channel, owing to my love for history and you producing such quality and in depth videos on untapped India History. Keep up the Great work, You are destined to be HUGEE..!!!

[@nnes759]

Don't you think it's about time the man behind Odd Compass should come out of the closet & reveal his name, background education, skills & did he or does he run another vlogs in parallel on KZbin etc other than saying from USA 2015 !!

[@y_0_1_0]

I was always curious about the origins of Funan, which is usually ignored when talking about Cambodian history.

[@penganouch5758]

I know right! The world doesn’t seem to know pretty well about Funan or other kingdoms after that and they mostly just knew us from Khmer empire, the most powerful empire in Southeast Asia back from 9th to 15th century.

[@Aojjin]

You're right! Funan and Chenla are not as talked about as the Angkor/Khmer Empire. Even the Kingdoms after that such as Longvek and Oudong are always neglected.

[@kdamprae4236]

Because there aren't much written history nor are important to today issue btw there are actually alot of teaching of those period u just don't look .

[@y_0_1_0]

@@kdamprae4236 Yeah. I do agree. The sources are difficult to find or in local languages only. If you can provide a source that would be great.

[@kdamprae4236]

@@y_0_1_0 I thought you were Cambodian , I was kinda shock but yeah idk u should search ur self or something idk I only read some school books , u can ask me though what do u wanna know .

[@lilelly16]

Fascinating bits of history that I had not a clue about. And the gorgeous drawings are just... *chef's kiss*

[@shivampatnaik2000]

When you talked about the profusion of Naga images in temple and royal architecture in Cambodia, I couldn't help but think about the exact same thing that can be observed in the Kalingan temples as well. Images of Nagas and Naginis, ranging from very small ones to life-size ones can be found in abundance on the walls of ancient temples of Odisha. In the beginning, these images seem to have had a Shaiva association as they were found only in Shaiva temples. But later architects and stone carvers seem to have done away with this sectarian association and Naga images came to adorn Vaishnava and Saura (associated with Surya as in the Sun temple of Konarka) temples as well. And I have seen photographs of certain Indonesian temples with stepped-pyramidal roofs that have the same sort of spikes on each "step" as those that can be found in Kalingan temples with stepped-pyramidal roofs. Talking about other SE Asian influences, Odisha is a bastion of betel-consumption, originally an import from SE Asia. :) No wonder, I saw a statistic about oral cancer being the most common cancer here. But more interestingly, I remember having read about and seen images a few years ago of a SE Asian (Indonesian? Now extinct?) practice of bending (somewhat like a half bow) with one arm slinging forward while walking past elders. The same practice exists in Odisha too! And I must say, this video, like the rest of your videos, is peerless in research, production and presentation. Loved it so much! 👍

[@vardhanarya]

kalinga is a name of naga ,whom sri krishna fought in childhood. quite interesting co-relation

[@shivampatnaik2000]

@@vardhanarya That snake you're talking about is referred to as कालिङ्ग kāliṅga /käːliŋɡɐ/. I'm not sure if this is a common noun or a proper noun though. While I have seen the name in relation to the specific snake you're talking about, a dictionary tells me that kāliṅga is a generic word for "snake". In Odisha, the snake whom Krishna fought with is commonly known as କାଳିୟ kaḷiyå /käɭijɔ/, a direct loan from Sanskrit, the classical Sanskrit way of writing it being कालिय kāliya /käːlijɐ/. The historical country/region's name is कलिङ्ग kaliṅga /kɐliŋɡɐ/ and, to the best of my knowledge, has little relation to the snake whom Krishna defeated. Kāliṅga can mean "of Kaliṅga" though.

[@vardhanarya]

@@shivampatnaik2000 kalinga is also the other name of the snake ,there are many literary works where it is named as kalinga.

[@truthreal3378]

IDK But At 0:48 he claims that "Kaundinya belonged to a community from *Andhra-Odisha coast* a region commonly known as Kalinga". But Kalinga happened to be the Name for Ancient Odia Kingdom from lndia! *May be he made a mistake while phrasing his sentence* ! Even the sources say that he came from eastern coastline of India especially along the Odisha-Andhra-Tamil coastline that was under ancient Kalinga region (Even the sources have said Odisha-Andhra-Tamil instead of Andhra-Odisha). A slight change in a sentence can change the meaning entirely. People could have a faIse impression that Kaliga happened to be Andhra instead of Odisha. This could end up altering Historical Facts and geographical location. I'm not denying the presence of Andhra in southern parts of Kalinga, but the core territory of Kalinga encompassed a large part of Odisha and northerneastern part of Andhra Pradesh. His sentence should have been "he belonged to a community from Odisha-Andhra coast a region that was a part of kingdom of Kalinga (an ancient Indian Odia kingdom)". Certainly I'm not denying that Andhra people have equal right over that part of history as well! All though the people of Andhra also lived together but Kalinga was mostly Odia historically speaking. They too had a considerable amount of substantial contributions! Some of the important ministers from ancient Kalinga happened to be Telugu. But you know a vast majority of the population were odia, hence it was an Odia Kingdom. Like for example...Although the Rashtrakuta empire included nearly all of Karnataka, Maharashtra and parts of Andhra Pradesh but they happened to be Kannadigas similarly Kalinga was an Odia kingdom! Wouldn't it be strange if we called the Rashtrakuta as a Maharashtra-Kannada region? I've nothing against Andhra, in fact I have huge respect for their culture but fact is fact! There were many Respectable Empires from Andhra, some of the notable one's are Vijayanagara Empire or Kakatiya dynasty! Another example would be ... Maratha Empire was called Maratha, despite that they ruled over the central, northern, southern, eastern and western parts of India! Of course we are all lndians today and we all have equal rights over the history of each of our states and we should be proud of it! It should not really matter! Everyone's history be it Odia, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Assamese, kannada or Gujarati are our own History. We have equal right on them! But you know I believe that historical facts are also important and accuracy must be ensured while describing/narrating them so that they do not affect the actual history or facts. I mean special attention should be paid to correctness ( and be particular about it) when phrasing sentences for videos like this!

[@truthreal3378]

@KMasthan I hope you have read my comment till end? Please read my comment till end as it could cause misunderstandings.

[@SkylorKatiman]

im interested in seeing a video on a little bit about the indianization of every indianized southeast asian nation. im indonesian, specifically javanese, so my culture has been indianized out the wazoo, and seeing my native culture being so strikingly and eerily similar to other indianized southeast asian cultures really intrigues me and make me feel a sort of deep kinship with the entire southeast asian area and her people. much love to all southeast asians

[@Khushi_R9]

Indonesia was never Indianized, their native culture had Hinduism and it's practices in it, which is why Balinese Hinduism is so different and unique from Indian Hinduism. Indonesia was rather Islamified tbh. But Indonesian Muslims are still much more respectable and accomodating than Indian Muslims 💀

[@jackket6708]

Yes, Cambodia, Thailland and Laos we are sons of Kaundinya or sons of India. Cambodia known as Funan in 6th century included present day Thailand and Laos. We share with India our language (pali and sanskrit), our religion (brahmanism and Buddhism), tradition and costum.

[@utubetruthteller]

As an Indian I hv fascination for these countries, someday I would like to visit these countries to explore our past connections

[@aum.t7627]

What do you mean? Tai tribes of Thailand and Lao originated in southern China around xishaungbanna not Mon khmer champa territory but they migrated down to Southeast Asia and adopted Mon-Khmer custom including its Indianization state

[@jackket6708]

@@aum.t7627. Yes, Thai and Lao came from China. Before 13th century Sukhothai kingdom near ChiangMai was part of Khmer empire. So was king Pha Ngum of Laos. This is the reason Thai and Lao laguages are about 30 to 40% the same as the Khmer language. For example if you say in the 3 languages: My school is located on Road No.30, near the blue bridge. They are the same in writing but slightly different in pronounciation.

[@intellectualthinker2669]

Brahminism is not a religion its sanatana Europeans coined this term to spread hate against brahmins.

[@aircraftsseries]

Kaundinya means ur from odisha , Kalinga 😲

[@AM-ei3lc]

India is now the fastest growing economy ready to be the golden bird again, ready to uphold our culture which our Ancestors die while preserving from foreign invasions, one of the best military advisors of the world 'Chaanakya' said a nation will not be defeated if it sticks to its cultural values, Time to reclaim our glory and I want all our Sout East Asian partners to be a part of this new era an Asian Century.

[@Dosaskillz]

Such a high quality, well-researched video! This one really lives up to Odd Compass’ mission to educate the world about lesser-known Asian history topics. Is the story of Kaundinya taught in Cambodian schools? Any Cambodians out there who can comment on that?

[@vardhanarya]

i also want to know

[@kdamprae4236]

No , not really , there are alot alot of flaws in this story , the dragon/serpent (now we called naga due to Hinduism) married a human king were of austroasiatic ancient mythology even the none indianized state like Vietnam . And our kingdom existed before that the thing is most of the history favor the Christianity view , evidently how pretty much our history only exist from the first century . Last thing is if the indian elite married a Cambodian queen why would the other indian elite come to take the throne wouldn't it be the earlier king just let it be like that a random guy to take the throne instead of his heir?

[@kdamprae4236]

SE history are not well written so people can claim whatever that like we can just look in detail to see if it's real . And yeah this channel stuff were made for Indian consumer , btw he also misused name Soma for Liu Yi so yeah idk .

[@kdamprae4236]

Yeah if we talking about kaundin and Liu Yi yeah it is more of a oral mythical fairytale , I don't see it in book or school however .

[@sambolambo5414]

Yes, the story is taught in Cambodians schools, on how Cambodia Came to be. Some say that the story is real and some say the story is just a fairytale. But anyhow this mark the beginning of the Khmer/Cambodians.

[@KarthikSoun]

As a Indian i loved Thailand it looked so Indian. Only now we can appreciate our mixed heritage and our ancient lost family.

[@hewas_chewasky]

Bruh Didn't know Indians were ladyboy like Thailand

[@KarthikSoun]

@@hewas_chewasky Ask Xhitler for lady boy..

[@indrasingh6243]

@@hewas_chewasky ohh noodle language here

[@hewas_chewasky]

@@indrasingh6243 Better than côwdúñk language

[@indrasingh6243]

@@hewas_chewasky lol its good be cowdung with culture Then subaltern bot life like u

[@yusrikh]

I've recently learned about the first Khmer kingdom after a lecture given by my teachers. So it is quite nice to learn more about the funan kingdom.

[@NotLikeWhatYouThink]

Sedara kamu juga..funan tu bukan chinese..tu melayu..kulit coklat tak makan daging tak minum arak..pandai berperang pandai berlayar suka bertapa..dalam manuscript cina ada tulis..menyembah Tuhan yang esa..yang kamu tengok daoist tu..pandai macam magic2 tu(rasanya tu wali)..atau kebal..dalam cerita2 cina ada cerita..maharaja china pun hormat dan kagum dgn diorang..katanya keturunan dari langit.

[@byronbryan2178]

Love this channel to bits🙌🏼. One of the few that covers non western-european history. All my life I've been taught Romans, Vikings, Normams, Galileo, L. da vinci, Shakespeares, Napoleon, Hitler etc. but was ignorant of history from other civilisations and didn't really process the fact that time also passes in other parts of the world

[@ProfRavenSteel]

First of all, this underrated channel need a million subs ASAP. Secondly, SS Rajamouli should make a web series to show these stories. An anthology series(1 story each episode) would be great as well. I don't understand what Indian filmmakers are doing serving garbage to us instead of these delicacies.

[@preetamyadav7952]

communist influence

[@preetamyadav7952]

communist influence

[@devapriyamrameshkumar1483]

This is also a garbage.

[@findingPerdition]

Urduwood my friend. The end of that is near. Indians are finally waking up to a past that we never knew existed.

[@danialroslan1531]

Loving the new illustrations! More of SEAsia please!

[@artus198]

The kind of temples ancient Indians built is - mind-boggling, incredible feats of engineering and spiritual knowledge

[@Notsurprising]

Sinhalese and Maldivians also can trace back their ancient homeland to Kalinga. Arriving to the islands in 1 century BCE and mixing with the native Tamil people. As a Maldivian, today we are very mixed with Persian, Arab, African and Malay peoples giving us a variety of different looks.

[@mastiwithfriends4791]

Hii I am from odisha (ancient Kalinga) so I from the place from where your ancestors came so we are brothers so ❤️ from odisha and india bro

[@kartikeyagodofwar9888]

Yes, brahma aditya was the first who discovered the maldive. Earlier it was known as mahal-dweep(palac of island), well he was right😎

[@electrono3742]

native thamil who told this fake infomation to you

[@ganygany8064]

​@@electrono3742 Tamil people are natives of Srilanka. It's known fact.

[@electrono3742]

@@ganygany8064 😂😂😂😂 thamil native to indian not Sri lanka

[@srijankumar9899]

I will suggest everyone to read 'The Ocean of Churn' by Sanjeev Sanyal, it's about Indian maritime history as how through seas India was connected to both eastern and western worlds, over thousands of years. The books even starts with the story of Nandivarman 2.

[@srijankumar9899]

@@சுரேஸ்தமிழ் Yes, trade and cultural exchanges were so high that over the time languages devloped similarities and it was much that in some South East Asian languages word for west is bhart .

[@SenthilKumar-ks3nn]

*How on Earth did brahmins become Merchants in the 1st place ! brahmins never ever were allowed to cross sea ! Please don't fool the world with your false aryan white supremacy ideologies. The SE Asian people, culture & language are strongly connected to the Cholas & Pallavas of Dravidian Tamils. The so called Living Siddha (Deathless Saint) "Mahavatar Babaji" is a Tamil born in Parangipettai Village, Chidambaram Town in Tamilnadu, India in a Tamil Paraiah family, who is falsely attested as a brahmin. Anything or anybody outstanding is brahmin in the minds of indo-europeans. Bullshit ! Be brave enough to present the real truth to the world.*

[@4ray]

The book talks about Indian and SE Asian matrilineal system too. Great read.

[@srijankumar9899]

@@4ray Indeed it talks about South East Asia too, infact it talks about whole Indian Ocean but we can't deny india is in greater focus on that book .

[@hamsimanglani8833]

If you've read the book, could you mention a couple of the primary sources it cites?

[@stormssf8538]

Our past heritage had never been represented better than this .

[@spanny7s]

True all are hijacked by Mughal and British an average Hindu doesn't know about our rich heritage and past CBSE and NCERT both were filled with mughals because of marxist distortians .

[@pochham4594]

I just Google first king and tit says JAYAVARAM THE SECOND IS THE FIRST KING. So this BS information.

[@tivo3720]

It's feel proud that both of our ancestors use their inteligents to held the power and influence others .... not choose the path of destruction of existing temples and culture and forceful convertion like some people far away from India do with Indian subcontinent. My love to everyone . Save the soil save the culture .

[@findingPerdition]

Indian Sikh here, married to Chinese. I sooo want to go to Cambodia now. Thank you! This needs to be taught in Indian history books, and not what we were told is the "glorious" age of Mughals. The same bloodthirsty Muslim invaders who destroyed millions of our temples, and forced our ancestors to convert to Islam.

[@zzzzz653]

Glad to know about you brother. The Marxist historians try to downplay or ignore the achievements of pre-Islamic India and also try to show that Muslims did not massively destroy North India. They want to hide the truth because they are in bed with the Islamists. It is an undeniable fact that from the Islamic period onwards we have suffered greatly as a Civilization. I must say it feels very nice when we realise how the people of SE Asia are so deeply connected culturally to our India.

[@Cupcake0228]

I agree with you as hindu i was so surprised how little we know about our religion and culture i was taught surface level history of sikh empire when it was one of most trailblazing empire during mugal times we were never taught that tej bahudur kids were murdered by so called culturally rich Mugals i was so angry at our education system because we were never taught about South Indian North East Indian empires when we deserve to know all these rich history of our culture

[@varun2250]

True paaji. I never studied the ultimate sacrifices of the 10 gurus in our history books. I only learnt through my self interest. What a pity!! When I learnt how those kids were boiled alive, my spine shuddered

[@Shrey546]

Where do you live

[@randomplebian461]

Why is it that colonisation is the first thing that comes to mind when we try to think about the method behind such a huge cultural impact? As an Indian, I was aware that we had huge sphere of soft power in ancient times (no thanks to our shitty history textbooks) , but the process still fascinates me. Even the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism largely increased their influence by impressing the local royalty and populace with rational debates. Although I do know that there were tussles, mainly because religion is intertwined with politics and politics is messy. This method of expanding your culture's influence, without belittling others and mixing their strengths with your own is so much more appealing. Quite surprising that it gets so little attention, even by Indian academics.

[@franciumruel615]

Finally, a good video on the Indo-sphere ! The non-violent Indianisation of SEA is a good example of how peaceful their ideology is. 11:58 fairly describes the situation.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

Well this is the case in East Asia/Vietnam too. Chinese influence spread peacefully across East Asia and Vietnam and interacted with the Indosphere (Indian-influenced Asia) and more peaceful interaction occurred.

[@jcdenton1635]

@@user-jt3dw6vv4x When you think about it, India profoundly influenced the entire far east including China and Japan, considering Buddhism has historically been significant in these places too. The Chinese philosopher Hu Shih once said, "India conquered and dominated China culturally for twenty centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border."

[@gold-toponym]

@@jcdenton1635 yes this quote, hello again 👋

[@jcdenton1635]

@@gold-toponym Hello again friend✌

[@RamachandranS20]

Hey thanks! I'm from India. usually, I'm not very fond of modern American interpretations of Indian history - [eg: by the neo Western Hindus] where there is flattery but strings attached, they want our identity [perhaps to play future mischief?]. But this was nice - I could not detect flattery, but looks like you're just expressing what you've traced as history. Nice to hear neutrality in knowledge; and better if it is flattering as well ;)

[@nnes759]

But almost all Vloggers do it for the potential high viewership 1st before they think about enything else. Said that this Vlogger no exception in using You Tube for Monetizing mean definitely, yet he, very likably, has chosen the path of capturing several hiden gems of not well known or under published unsung historical figures/ storylines of Asia, Middle East etc by doing his diligent 1st line research, & I so far liked this hidden named Vlogger's good & mostly well researching styled considering many local & other historians ignored or missed some of them due to void of funding or other interests reasons. He's using few relavant pictorial depictions of the key events etc too, except the cartoon like figures used seem to be, at times, very over stereo typed faces rather than real figures that have been well known/ seen in several historical indian media stories/ movies etc depiction of several key figures. & Also There's definitely no hidden western twists or sinister intentions detected from few vlogs of odd compas I've seen so far.

[@RamachandranS20]

@@nnes759 Yes very true. That risk is always there. We cannot take these words to be final - need to always be cautious about hidden agendas from the west.

[@svamikailasananda]

The present Cambodia was referred to as KĀMBOJA, in the five thousand year old book known as MAHĀBHĀRATA. It's mentioned that Cambodia kings and armies took part in the Mahabharata war that took place in the area called Kurukshetra that's now in the present state of Haryana in India. So, the connection appears older by a couple of millennia.

[@fomoviews2642]

Ancient Kamboja is not the same as Cambodia....kamboja was a territory in modern day eastern Afghanistan and west pakistan so the region of pashtuns. Kambhoja name was given to Cambodia by indian traders and settlers later.

[@unknownmaster5078]

Kamboja = Kamboj who live in Punjab. Not Cambodia learn history

[@mashala3225]

French man name kambojea Camboge then there is a English name of camboge called cambodia

[@khagolsan]

This Kamboj in Mahabharata was somewhere in Afghanistan.

[@yusrahaq8156]

Don't mix mythology with history and your half knowledge is dangerous than no knowledge. The place that is mentioned in the story has nothing to do with Cambodia its some place in modern day Afghanistan

[@mastiwithfriends4791]

I am from odisha (ancient Kalinga ) and I am proud to be a Odia ❤️ and our rich history

[@joelbabu3525]

I am sooo glad to see you helping more people learn about Indian history. Most indians or even schools dont see past colonial and mugal periods. Am a Indian from the south end. Please let me know if I could be of any help in your research. Thank you for taking so much effort in helping people know their history with beautiful illustrations.

[@shehzadadarashikoh9463]

Because they are most detailed period. And Mughal empire is one most influential Empire in Indian history

[@joelbabu3525]

@@shehzadadarashikoh9463 i was not saying which was the most detailed period, i was trying to say both are equally important, both are our heritage, and we only know about half of our history. And when you say Mughal period has well influenced our history, it was most in the north part of india. When it comes to the southern end, like Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Kerala. The Mughal influence is not as strong as in north. I am from south, but i did my bachelor's in north, being able to experience both culture i can say there is a lot of difference in the influence of Mughals in north part of our country and the south.

[@Mrityormokshiya]

Extremely well researched video. As a Hindu, I'm really happy to see content which explain history which is rare to find on youtube

[@jihadi-against-oppression]

Gazwa E HIND ZINDABAD 💪🏻😍☪️

[@SendPie42069]

Your production quality got a lot better over 3 years. Keep up the good work, your one of the good ones.

[@naadanparinda9056]

Wow wow wow. I feel ashamed of myself that despite being an Indian I never got to learn these fascinating stories in our History Books, just had read 1-2 pages on Pallavas back in school. Thanks, Old Compass.

[@siddhesh2703]

Our history books feed us european shit instead of this.

[@newbiekhyber]

True. Our history taught in schools is mostly about Mughals and British (showing India in a negative light).

[@KUNAL-qt8lo]

@@newbiekhyber bcz that is recent history... and that's more authentic. These old ones are based on theories mainly so nothing wrong if we focus on history of last some centuries

[@spanny7s]

Because your Marxist distortians didn't tell you

[@spanny7s]

@@KUNAL-qt8lo many things about mughals is also not authentic 😂😑

[@kalinga2nihon]

People from Kalinga used to visit Asia Pacific nations often. Cambodia, Bali, Brunei and many such regions had Kalingan influence.

[@pranjal8425]

This channel is a relic for Indian history lovers. Even those who claim to be well veresed in it, learn something new here. Amazing Job.

[@hellion6737]

Keep in mind that Sri Lanka is a seperate country...

[@zxcytdfxy256]

Much love from India to all our allies. Keep striving for greatness.

[@ranjitkarunakar6607]

Thank you for re-establishing the forgotten/deliberately neglected Indian history. Thank you once again. Looking forward for more of this, actually learning from you. Namaste

[@Not_Deb]

I am just happy as an Indian to see How accurate this video is without Inclining towards any political and stereotypical misguidances just for some views or under any pressure from some groups who hate India and Indians with any proper logical reason, conclusion : A great video.

[@Hanukkah360]

Hi, can you please explore the Indianization in the Philippines. I have been there and I could feel the similarities in both our cultures yet, Filipinos consider themselves to be more closer to the Spanish culturally than to Indians. This must be explored.

[@blackksheepp]

It's because Spain colonized Philippines

[@theresalavaro3132]

@@blackksheepp pre colonial

[@migspeculates]

Indian cultural influence in the Philippines is more deep and subtle than the Hispanic legacy. The southern Philippines preserved these older ties more than the north and center.

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

@@migspeculates there is no historical and ruins in philippine unlike in thailand, myammar, cambodia, vietnam(champa), loas, malaysia, indonesia and brunei. no temple, no ruins, no stone inscription,(only malay-javanese copper inscription of kingdom of medang in java), no local traditional architecture, traditional style house, palace, great hall, temple/mosque or local ornamentation and art. there is no 'thai usobot' in philippine or 'balai adat melayu' , or 'rumah gadang' in philippine, no borobodur, or angkor wat or at least small temple like in sumatra, borneo and peninsular, yet none all this in philippine. even the country name in philippine are in spanish not in native or local

[@migspeculates]

​@@safuwanfauzi5014there are neither huge temples in Malaysia or large parts of Indonesia. Only Java, Central Vietnam, Upper Myanmar, Central Thailand and the Mekong area of Cambodia. How come? Population density and large tracts of land that can support mass agriculture and necessitates water management. Angkor Wat and the surrounding area was built to control water. Bagan and the dozen temples was built to manage seasonal water scarcity. Borobudur and Prambanan were built by millions of people because Java is so fertile. The Cham temples were created to function rice granaries and refuge because Cham were constantly at war against Vietnamese and Khmer. Temples are not the sole reason why the Philippines was not exposed. We were part of the trade routes.

[@mohanramanujam]

Remarkable detailing of a complex connection. Being of SEA and Indian upbringing and a student of couture and history, this is so well articulated with many details I did not know about

[@mohanlalpremranjannaik107]

Odisha was called as kalinga not Andhra And Sadhava were odia merchant's (from Odisha ) they used Boita's to travel java and sumatra and chilika lake is in Odisha. We also have a very big festival called "BALI JATRA" ( means travelling/journey to Bali island of Indonesia ) where we celebrate our Sadhava's journey.

[@ବିନୋଦକୁମାରବିଶ୍ଵାଳ]

Half of Andhra i.e upto godavari river is under kalinga like half West Bengal up to ganga river is also under kalinga kingdom but the below ganga river is odia areas occupied by migrated Bengalis of Bangladesh due to muslim invasion and the Andhra part of kalinga is become more Telugu due shifting of capital to Cuttack and migration of south indian Telugu peoples to srikakulam vishakhapatnam vizianagaram

[@umakantapradhan5745]

Half of Andhra was in Kalinga empire

[@centralasia186]

It's so wonderful when different cultures unite through love and not through conquest and wars.

[@usuariox3195]

Yo creo que si india no hubiese sido conquistada su influencia hubiera llegado hasta América estoy seguro

[@TheLYagAmi]

Such a fascinating deep dive into Indian culture that me a local had no idea about myself. This is not covered even in the Indian education system currently such a shame. This is an extremely important part of our history that is essential to our ancestral identity. Thank you for this.

[@videoman362]

I'm guessing that India being secular has something to do with this. I'm just speculating as a Cambodian person, and maybe I'm wrong. The story of Kaundinya and Soma is taught in Cambodian schools and Indianization is also taught and known. The Cambodian federal government, through the Ministry of Religion, has the duty of promoting Buddhism, and to protect it (which for us also includes Hindu beliefs). The origins of our beliefs and culture comes with this promoting of Buddhism. Our ancestral identity is actively promoted by the federal government and I'm very glad for that, especially after the Khmer Rouge actively worked to destroy our memory of it. And Cambodia also, isn't secular like India, since Buddhism is the state religion. Every federal government minister, and member of parliament has to drink holy water and bow to a statue of a Hindu god (whose name I don't know in English. It's not Buddha though, since the god has many arms and hold weapons) after an election as part of their oath taking ceremony. This is mandatory and also reinforces our commitment to our culture and ancestral identity. Is there anything the government in India does that is similar to what I mentioned? You said that the type of history in the video isn't covered in India. Is there any government ministry in India responsible for promoting and protecting your ancestral identity on the same level as in Cambodia?

[@TheLYagAmi]

@@videoman362 not that I know of. Although the current government is making a lot of change in that regard.

[@sophien5416]

I wish the Indian government mandated more of this history in schools. Firstly, because Hindu history in South East Asia is such an important accomplishment. Also, as a Cambodian, there is shared history that Khmers are eager to preserve. If Indians felt the need to make pilgrimage to Cambodia, it would support the local economy and their efforts to restore these ancient Hindu sites.

[@TheLYagAmi]

@@sophien5416 my parents have been to Angkor Wat and still tell me how amazed they were. I hope it can be returned to its ancestral glory. I would love to say nothing more than the deities there being venerated as they were 1000s of years back

[@TheLYagAmi]

@@videoman362 we have a formal traditional Sanskrit introduction that we say in religious ceremonies. Some of us can trace our lineage back all the way to Kaundiya. I am so proud of my ancestors and their stories reminds me of the reason I exist is because of them and I am forever grateful 🙏

[@Aajkuchtoofanikartehai.]

As an Indian Hindu, I want to tell you guys that we will always stand as a shield to protect global south. *Om Shanti*

[@Aritro77]

The new, detailed illustrations make an already great channel more evocative. Fantastic, keep up the good work folks!

[@NoRiceToEat]

As and Artist and history enthusiast I enjoyed this video immensely! The Indo-southeastasian history is so fascinating and the art is just a cherry on top.

[@sarathi1638]

Till today in Odisha(erstwhile Kalinga) in the month of Kartika which falls during October and November in Georgian calendar a festival is observed during full moon night called Kartika Purnima...in this festival people rise up early morning around 4AM and go to nearby river or ponds and sail their boats which they have prepared beforehand. They decorate these boats with banners and many artefacts and sail it with pride. This is in remembrance for the Sadhaba tradition of sailing to distant lands for trade.

[@mangeshchalan8786]

Yess we have that festival i did a boat once 🙂

[@sandeepbehera8411]

Yes 💯

[@devyani2512]

Yes :) my fav time!

[@unkit]

Amazing work Odd Compass!! Keep it up 👍

[@shreyashukla2223]

We are one giant family who looks like we're separate but we're not. We are one. ❤️

[@usuariox3195]

Crees que si india y los paises del sudeste asiatico no hubieran sido conquistados hubieran llegado a América?😊

[@adityaguru6654]

I am in love with South East Asia. Love from India ❤️

[@sophien5416]

Hopefully you can go visit Cambodia one day. We are very proud of our Indian ancestry and architecture. 🙏 ❤ 🇮🇳 🇰🇭

[@adityaguru6654]

@@sophien5416 Definitely.

[@dasoham5]

It is pure culture of our dear odisha state . Thanks for spread it . We proud on our sadhava pua .

[@fu7h676]

My Home State Kalinga (ODISHA) Love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🏼 Sadhabas have very beautiful history and story in our odisha..They have taken Odia culture very far ..

[@chhittchhourvorn3087]

As a one of Cambodian, there are the acknowledge for your satification. - Did Cambodian origin from Indian? - Yes. but before that we just the big tribe. - Angkor Wat built by Indian? - No, the purpose for Hindu religion but built by Cambodian (Khmer) but Yeah, Because Khmer got blood heritage from Indian, why not share? - Why Angkor Wat belonged to Khmer? - Because it was constructing in 6th Century and before that? we were call Funan from early 1th Century which mentioned in this video. To concluded, Cambodia got history influent by Indian specially religion. We raised and shined during our glory in 6th - 12th Century by our King Jayavarman II to the greatest King Jayavarman VII. Complex history and also very interesting as well. It is hard to find good and reliable sources for today reference but I am satified which this history was told, not fiction but everythings were in written. Sorry for the grammer but yeah! who's care? probaly not me. Peace !!!!

[@arkadeepchanda9524]

Love from India 🙏😁

[@kdamprae4236]

Yeah that is your story , as a Khmer my heritage is Khmer and my ancestral are the Khmer Mon ( Austroasiatic) not Indian ,han Chinese , kratai , french , Javanese Indonesia etc and Cambodia is a name use after the french revolution , like how Persia changed to Iran , Siam to Thailand , annam to Vietnam . It's sad alot of Cambodian wanna attach themselves with other heritage.

[@hannie5371]

Idk where did you learn that from of Cambodian is origin from Indian..we were believe we were here in 3000-2000BC but living as a tripe till we have a Funnan Kingdom in 1st century. We're Austroasiatic our culture might be influenced from Indian but it's has no clear evidence we originated there if we were that's literally took us thousand year to evolve and adapt to SEA land. Just like how Thai that has influenced from Cambodia but isn't related to Cambodia cause they're from Tai-Kradai language family and Khmer people is Austroasiatic same with Cambodia got influenced from India but we still different from them. Angkor Era start in 9th century and Angkor Wat is built in 12th century and if people claim it was built by someone else other than a Khmer king is literally disrespect us because the King doesn't name themselves Khmer for no reason.

[@kdamprae4236]

@@hannie5371 ok stop and delete that comment all u said are wrong . We are not Austronesian , we are the native to South East Asia.

[@hannie5371]

@@kdamprae4236 no I mean we're Austroasiatic I mistyped it imma correct it And yes we're a native SEA since we've been here around 3000&2000BC but we didn't just boom out of the SEA land's dust, human history of SEA is even older than that. Our ancestors came from somewhere to start a life here that's what I mean. Lemme me know what did I said wrong

[@mickmickymick6927]

Great stuff, I wouldn't be able to get content like this without you. Thanks so much.

[@AmilaD]

I’m not an Indian, but I truly appreciate the contributions of Indians to the world. They’re just incredible. Thanks for sharing this! But what’s with those eyes? Indians have the most beautiful eyes I’ve seen, nothing like what’s depicted.

[@CHRS-ri5mf]

:)

[@onemaster8133]

First of all thank you for your halfway understanding..but the fact is what you're talking about is contribution by the Tamils(from Southern India). 2. South Indians are in fact from different race(Dravidian) whereas North Indians are mostly Aryans who came from Persia (8AD or later centuries) Google more to find out more.. (don't take everything as true or as depicted over media/web as they're concocted due to various reasons)

[@loney403]

I am from Odisha (former Kalinga) and heard similar stories from my parents & it has some mentions in regional history texts. Glad to see that this is being covered by an international channel. Although the "Sadhaba" community do not exist any more but from the history books & religious stories they seemed to be the most prosperous community in the ancient times, their decline started around 1200 AD when Vedic Brahmins arrived from other parts of India who would soon slowly replace them as the elites. May be the patronage of the royals shifted. Alas their past glory is still revered in annual festivals - "Bali Yatra", "Boita Bandana" & "Khudurkuni Osha" The exotic beautiful red insect - Red Velvet Mite or Trombidiidae is named as "Sadhaba Bohu" (Newly wed Sadhaba girl) in Odisha.

[@kesiyak.s.7708]

Thanks for the video... I had doubts about how the South East Asian cultures were so similar to my South Indian culture and now I know

[@theplanespotter8569]

Great video. It's a topic I'm interested in and was all presented proving why this is one of my favourite channels. I hope to see you make on the Gupta Empire.

[@raj.qwerty]

This is fascinating! Thank you so much for this content.

[@agniswar3]

Truly I never heard of India's this part of history. Thanks to bring it up. Now I am a subscriber of your channel.