Thread by @RareHistorical

Hinduism expansion in Asia, from its heartland in Indian Subcontinent, to the rest of Asia, started circa 1st century

Greater India was the historical extent of the culture of Hinduism & Buddhism beyond the Indian subcontinent.

Ruins of Ayutthaya Temple in Wat Cha Wattanaram, Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand which was named after Ayodhya.

The Batu Caves Temple, Malaysia, is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India, dedicated to Bhagwan Murugan

The World's tallest statue of Bhagwan Murugan,140ft high, outside Batu Temple Caves, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Sri Mariamman Temple is Singapore's oldest Hindu temple founded in 1827.
#Hinduism

Burning an effigy of Ravana on Dussehra, 1930 at Balochistan.
#IndianHistory
#Hinduism

Ekamukhalinga, J&K or Afghanistan, #HinduShahi, 9th century- Royal Ontario Museum Canada.
#IndianHistory
#Hinduism

A 5th century Ganesha statue found in Gardez, Afghanistan, now at Dargah Pir Rattan Nath.
#IndianHistory
#Hinduism

Archeological evidence suggests Tarumanagara as one of the earliest known Hindu kingdoms in Indonesia. 5th century.

Relic depicting footprint of the Buddha with Dharmachakra and triratna, 1st century CE, Gandhāra.
#HinduBuddhism

Standing Buddha statue,Tokyo Museum. One of D earliest known representations of the Buddha, 1st C- CE #HinduBuddhism

Ancient kingdoms and cities of India during the time of the Buddha. c.500 BC
#HinduBuddhism
#MahaJanapada

Painting depicting Bhagwan Buddha as one of the 10 avatars of Bhagwan Vishnu. 19th century. #VAMuseum
#HinduBuddhism

Kediri or Panjalu was a Hindu Javanese Kingdom based in East Java from 1042 to around 1222.
#Hinduism

Inscriptions in Sanskrit on Shiv & Ganesha. Fire Temple, Atashgah, Azerbaijan. ce 1745, Samvat 1802.
#HinduismAbroad

The statue of #Harihara, the god combination of Shiva and Vishnu.1300 CE.
Candi Simping, Indonesia.
#HinduismAbroad

Queen Mandodari mourning the death of Ravana. Bas-relief,9th century Prambanan Temple,Indonesia #UnescoWHS
#Ramayana

Old painting of Durga Puja in Kolkata at Shobhabazar Rajbari by Alexis Soltykoff (1859).
#IndianHistory
#DurgaPuja

1840: A depiction of celebrations inside a house during #DurgaPuja in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
#IndianHistory

Stunning view of Mysore Palace which is illuminated with nearly 1,00,000 light bulbs on #HappyDussehra festival.

Effigies of Ravana & family during Dussehra celebration in Kashmir. 1922.
#HappyDussehra
#Kashmir
#IndianHistory

1700 yrs old Mỹ Sơn Temple complex,partially ruined temple of Bhagwan Shiv, Vietnam is an #UnescoWHS
#HinduismAbroad

The #KhmerEmpire, was a powerful #HinduBuddhist empire in Southeast Asia (Combodia) c. 802-1431.
#HinduismAbroad

11th century Historic "Baphuon Temple-mountain dedicated to Bhagwan Shiv.
#KhmerEmpire #Combodia
#HinduismAbroad

The Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple in Nadi, Fiji. is the largest Hindu temple in Fiji
#HinduismAbroad
#Hinduism

1930:: Maha ShivRatri celebration in Karachi, Pakistan.
#Mahashivratri
Image via- imagesOfAsia.

Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Temple, Birmingham, United Kingdom is a beautiful & very famous Temple.
#HinduismAbroad

1940:: Kashmiri Pandits Association, Lahore.
#Kashmir

Singhasari was a Javanese #HinduBuddhistKingdom located in east Java (Indonesia) between 1222 & 1292
#HinduismAbroad

Ruins of the 13th century Jago Temple, Indonesia of Singhasari #HinduBuddhistKingdom.

The statue of the Goddess Parvati from Rimbi temple,Java.
c.1328-1350CE, now in Museum of Indonesia.
#HinduismAbroad

Seal of Bhagwan Vishnu from #HephthaliteEmpire,
Afghanistan,4/6th century CE. Now in #BritishMuseum.
#HinduismAbroad

#HephthaliteEmpire's coin copying #GuptaEmpire's coin.
Hephthalite Kings were defeated by Guptas in 5th Century.

#HephthaliteEmpire at its maximum extents in c. 500 CE.
Hephthalites also known as "White Huns".
#IndianMap

The defeat of the #HephthaliteEmpire's Army by King Yasodharman of Malwa & King Baladitya of #GuptaEmpire in A.D 528

Bhagwan Indra, Gilt Copper, 13th-14th century, Patan Museum, Nepal.
#IndianArt
#IndianHistory

Dancing Krishna, from the Nepal-Tibet section. 18th Cent AD.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumabi

Bhagwan Brahma from Cambodian province of Siem Reap.
9th-10th century.
Now in #GuimetMuseumParis.
#HinduismAbroad

Huge statues of Bhagwan Vishnu & Garuda at newly opened "Garuda Wisnu Kencana Park. Bali, Indonesia
#HinduismAbroad

Indonesian Balinese wooden statue of Hanuman.
Now in Tropen Museum, Netherlands. #HinduismAbroad
#HanumanJayanti

Greek helmet with #Swastik marks on the top part, 350-325 BC, found at Herculaneum. Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.

The Erawan Shrine, formally the Thao Maha "Shrine of Bhagwan Brahma the Great". Bangkok, Thailand.
#HinduismAbroad

1801:Map of East Indies.
D name Indies used 2 connote parts tht came under Indian cultural influence
#HinduismAbroad

1944: Bhagwan Vishnu on the Note issued by #JapaneseEmpire 4 occupied #DutchEastIndies (Indonesia).
#HinduismAbroad

Huge Shiv Lingam from #UnescoWHS MySon Temple Complex, Vietnam.
Now in the Museum of Cham sculpture.
#HinduismAbroad

Cambodia welcomed home a 10th century statue of Hanuman, returned from U.S, looted from Prasat Chen Temple, Cambodia

Cambodia celebrates the return of 1100 yrs old statues of Balram, Bhim & Duryodhan, looted from Koh Ker Temple.

Wooden statue of Bhagwan Vishnu riding Garuda in Purna Bhakti Pertiwi Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia.
#HinduismAbroad

The 5th century stele from Vietnam, written in Sanskrit Grantha Script.
Now in Ho Chi Minh Museum.
#HinduismAbroad

Lord Shiv's Arulmigu Sri Raja Kaliamman Temple,Malaysia,
The 1st Glass Temple in D world.
#HinduismAbroad
#ShivRatri

Lord Vishnu, Goddess Lakshmi & Lord Brahma on a lotus petal, in Kbal Spean River bank. Cambodia.
#HinduismAbroad

1100 yrs old statue of Krishna on Garuda from Java,Indonesia now in D METmuseum.
#HappyJanmashtami
#HinduismAbroad

7th Century Sculptures of Bhagwan Vishnu & Brahma Ji from #UnescoWHS MySon Temple Complex, #Vietnam

#HinduismAbroad

1770s:: This painting shows a battle between Maa Durga and Mahishasura.
Now in the #BrooklynMuseum.
Shubho #Mahalaya #DurgaPuja

Huge Statue of Reclining Ganesha at Wat Saman Rattanaram Ganesha Temple,
Chachoengsao,Thailand.
#HinduismAbroad

The Biggest Statue of Bhagwan Brahma-The God of Creation, Wat Saman Rattanaram Temple, Thailand.
#HinduismAbroad

1075 Yrs old The Nathlaung Kyaung Temple of Bhagwan Vishnu is the oldest & only surviving Hindu Temple in Bagan, #Myanmar .
#HinduismAbroad

The departure of Devi back to Kailash Parvat after #DurgaPuja.
#MahaNavami
#HappyNavratri #JaiMataDi

1930s:: Burning an effigy of Ravan on Dussehra in Quetta, Balochistan.
#IndianHistory
#HappyDussehra #VijayaDashami
#FreeBalochistan

1922s:: Dussehra Celebration in Kashmir.
#HappyDussehra
Happy #VijayaDashmi
#विजयदशमी
#IndianHistory

1834s:: Ram Leela Mela & burning of Ravan effigie, at Ramnagar Fort before the Raja of Benares (Kashi).
#HappyDussehra
Happy #विजयदशमी

04/10/1965: Lal Bahadur Shastri addressing a gathering on Dussehra celebration at Ramleela Maidan Delhi.
#HappyVijayadashami
#HappyDussehra

c.618-739 CE: Painting of Bhagwan Shiv by Khotanese artist Yuchi from Dandan-Uiliq (Today's part of China).
#HinduismAbroad.
#Shivaay

@mads123s @pavan_de @AarVee18 @Mrityunjoykjha @TheSignOfFive Burmese ambassadors at Calcutta in 1882.
#Mayanmar

@narendramodi @davidfrawleyved @sarkar_swati @Puru_Tweet @buzzRashmi @DrShobha @yogrishiramdev @SriSri @ajaydevgn The Sunda Kingdom was a Sundanese #HinduKingdom located in the western portion of the Java from 669 to around 1579, covering the area of present-day Banten, Jakarta, West Java, and the western part of Central Java, Indonesia.
#IndianizedKingdom
#HinduismAbroad
#IndonesianHistory

@narendramodi @davidfrawleyved @sarkar_swati @Puru_Tweet @buzzRashmi @DrShobha @yogrishiramdev @SriSri @ajaydevgn @sanjeevsanyal @IndianEmbJkt @indtravel @IndianDiplomacy Magnificent statue of Bhagwan Vishnu, around 14/15th century CE, found at the Devasathan Temple, inner Bangkok, Thailand. Now, in the Bangkok National Museum, Thailand.
#HinduismAbroad
#ThaiHistroy #IndianHistory

@narendramodi @davidfrawleyved @sarkar_swati @Puru_Tweet @buzzRashmi @DrShobha @yogrishiramdev @SriSri @ajaydevgn @sanjeevsanyal @IndianEmbJkt @indtravel @IndianDiplomacy @MinOfCultureGoI @smritiirani 1000 yrs old Statue of Reclining Lord Vishnu from Prasat Western Mebon Temple, Angkor, Cambodia.
Medium: Bronze.
National Museum of Cambodia.
#HinduismAbroad

@narendramodi @davidfrawleyved @sarkar_swati @Puru_Tweet @buzzRashmi @DrShobha @yogrishiramdev @SriSri @sanjeevsanyal @IndianEmbJkt @indtravel @IndianDiplomacy @MinOfCultureGoI @smritiirani @indembcam The Hindu calendar #SakaSamvat system is found in #KedukanBukit Inscription dated c. 611 CE, South Sumatra province, Indonesia.

This inscription was written in a sister system of Vatteluttu & Grantha called the #PallavaAlphabet. The inscription contains numerous Sanskrit words.

@narendramodi @davidfrawleyved @sarkar_swati @Puru_Tweet @buzzRashmi @DrShobha @yogrishiramdev @SriSri @sanjeevsanyal @IndianEmbJkt @indtravel @IndianDiplomacy @MinOfCultureGoI @smritiirani @indembcam @SanjayS00663282 @rohitrana1973 @punarutthana @ranganaathan Two Vishnu statues discovered from the Cibuaya site, Karawang, West Java from #IndianizedKingdom of Indonesia #TarumanagaraKingdom.

Date: c. 7th-8th century.

Now in the collection of National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta.
#HinduismAbroad

@narendramodi @davidfrawleyved @sarkar_swati @Puru_Tweet @buzzRashmi @DrShobha @yogrishiramdev @SriSri @sanjeevsanyal @IndianEmbJkt @indtravel @IndianDiplomacy @MinOfCultureGoI @smritiirani @indembcam @SanjayS00663282 @rohitrana1973 @punarutthana @ranganaathan @HinduismAbroad @AbroadHinduism @GlobalHinduism @GodMuseum @DelhiTweeter @anuradhagoyal @TarekFatah #ShivaLinga found in Battambang Province, Cambodia from #AngkorPeriod (9th-15th century).
Made of Bronze, Quartz and Silver.

Now in the collection of National Museum of Cambodia.
#HinduismAbroad
#HinduismInCambodia