Abstract

There are very limited sources, particularly in the context of the academic references that are available regarding the Indosphere and Sinosphere in the Southeast Asia region. The presence of Indianisation or Hinduisation and Chinaisation have become major topics in the context of Southeast Asian Studies. The study of the Indosphere would provide very valuable information that could provide further knowledge of today’s India as well as ancient India. Those ancient relationships had shared a general observation that colonies preserved their customs, beliefs, and language, many archaic traits that dated back to the origin of colonization and fell into disuse in the mother country. The Indosphere had not been any exception to that rule, and the study of ancient India viewed from the East has scarcely begun, seems to provide rich results. It can be understood that neither India and China never successfully colonized Southeast Asia in terms of politics, though the Chinese successfully played a major role in economic and trade activities in the Indonesian archipelago for such a long time. This is true of Indonesian history in particular and in the Southeast Asian history in general. Though, in fact, certain military, and political actions such as the role of the King Kubhilai Kan from China, coming to Java during the Singasari Kingdom in the 13th century were significant.