jan 1, 500 BC - Trading Kingdoms Begin to Rise in Southeast Asia
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From around 500 BCE, India began to trade with tribes in Southeast Asia boosting the economy of various peoples there and introducing Hinduism.It wasn't long before local villages advanced to the point of becoming Hindu-based kingdoms, the earliest of which arose in Sumatra, and Java.
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Date:
jan 1, 500 BC
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~ 2526 years ago