Week 185: Undiscovered SE Asian Kingdoms, Coercions vs Transmission, Meme, Aesthetic

07/02/2023 - Modern Hindu Content

Jul 03, 2023

Welcome to Eternal Path! This week we feature: Undiscovered Southeast Asian Hindu Kingdoms, a discussion on coercion vs transmission, a meme, and an aesthetic!

History Highlight: Dandan and Dunshun

https://eastasianhistorylexicon.wordpress.com/2023/06/23/dandan-and-dunshun-notes-on-two-minor-hindu-power-in-sea/

We are learning for the first time. about two ancient Hindu Kingdoms of Southeast Asia, named Dandan and Dunshun, as described in Chinese sources; thanks to ChatGPT assisted with human translation, the authors of this piece made both the translated material and useful context available to readers. A lot of interesting ancient depictions and descriptions of Hinduism are to be found in Chinese sources, so we imagine more material will emerge in the coming years.

Dandan is located in modern day Malaysia.