Transcript Indian Influence in SE Asia

Artifacts from the Chola
period
Siva and Parvati
Brahma
Buddhist center
Nalanda sacked by Islamic
forces (1196)
Buddhist Influence
Temple Complex at Borobudur
Ananda Temple
Hindu Influence in the
Region
Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat
Angkor Thom
Siva statue from Cambodia
Ellora Temple
The purpose of Temple structures
in PC India?
Ellora Temple
Shankara
• Philosopher who
emphasized the unity
of Hinduism, the
material world is
illusion.
• Neo-Upanishad
thinker attempted to
apply their teachings
to abstract
metaphysical
questions
Ramanuja
• Devotee of Vishnu
during the age of
Devotion cults he
contradicts Shankara
in emphasizing the
importance of a
personal union with
Vishnu.
Guru Kabir: The Bhakti
Movement
• Kabir always insisted on
the concept of Koi bole
Ram Ram Koi Khudai...,
which means that
someone may chant the
Hindu name of God and
someone may chant the
Muslim name of God,
but God is the one who
made the whole world.
Sayings of Guru Kabir
• When the blind lead the blind both fall
into well!