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Re:China About to Start $35B of Silk Road Plan in Pakistan by blacksmith_tb on Friday November 25, 2016 @06:06PM (#13040517)
India's modern history perhaps, but Indian influence once stretched all across SE Asia. Angor Wat is the largest Hindu temple in the world[1], for example; Bali is all that remains of Hindu control of Indonesia[2]. Though it seems unlikely that the PRC government is thinking in those terms.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat#History 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali#Ancient

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Re:China About to Start $35B of Silk Road Plan in Pakistan by viewtransform on Friday November 25, 2016 @07:29PM (#13040955)
Ankor Wat was built by a local king.

No Indian empire invaded or controlled SE Asia. The influence of Buddhism and Hinduism in Bali and Cambodia is testament to the influence of Indian philosophy and belief not might.

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