apmwh southeast asia

chola dynasty

hindu and strongest maritime trade

pandyas empire

origin of bhakti movement

hinduism caste system

you cant move up, but during reincarnation, if you lived your life right, you can move up in your next life, bhakti movement changed this

Harihara and Bukka

captured and sent back to India to fight, once they get there they fight back for their country; found vijayaragara empire

vijayanagara empire

most rulers we're Hindu, bhakti movement is present, caste system is present, big on maritime trade

delhi sultanate

north, Muslim, centralized under a sultan

rajput kingdoms

hindu, Muslim, and Sikh, at war with each other

buddhist monasticism

originates in India, becoming monks, spreads to Tibet, East Asia, and southeast asia

Sinhala dynasties

sri Lanka, Buddhist, centralized government, irrigation techniques due to monsoons, trade because of Indian ocean, a lot of invasions, zheng he took ruler captive

srivijaya empire

hindu and Buddhist, indonesia, maritime trade, had control over strait of Malacca, very powerful in trade because of fees

decline of srivijaya

target on them because of strait of Malacca, attacked by chola dynasty

Majapahit empire

Island of Java/indonesia , hindu-buddhist, set boundaries for indonesia, similar to mandate of heaven for the way rulers are chosen, had to have Buddhist tooth

Khmer empire

cambodia, larger than byzantine, no one knows why it collapsed, divine right like majapahit, hindu and Mahayana Buddhism (always reincarnated), mass conversion to Theravada buddhism, irrigation, Angkor wat is major city

sukhotai kingdom

doesnt like Khmer empire, gains independence, attacks Khmer, siege capital of Angkor wat, khmer leaves that land, causing them to be in a dark age

spread of islam

rajput, srivijaya, and majapahit empires