Indianisation
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Indianisation (also spelt as Indianization) may refer to the spread of Indian languages, culture, diaspora, cuisines, economic reach and impact beyond the Indian subcontinent.
History
[edit]Ancient era
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Indianisation took place in Southeast Asia mainly from the first millennium onwards through trade and religion.[1]
Colonial era
[edit]The term Indianisation was used in British India to describe the inclusion of native people in running India. For example, the Indian Armed Force began to Indianise in 1917.[2] In the early 20th century, discourse around Indianisation also revolved around the emerging scholarship on an ancient Greater India and the possibility to re-assert India's value and independence. Initially, the theory considered it likely that Indians had colonised Southeast Asia in developing it, though later it became clear that influence occurred mainly through trade and peaceful contact.[3]
Indian cultural influence
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Historical spread of Indian culture beyond India proper:
- Indomania or Indophilia refers to the special interest that Indian culture has generated in the world, more specifically the western world where though the 19th century European writers had seen India as a cradle of civilization, their romantic vision of India was gradually replaced by "Indophobia".[4] Indology has evolved as the academic study of Indian history and culture, which is sometimes replaced by the term "South Asian studies".[5]
- Indianisation of Southeast Asia
- Indianised kingdom
- History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia
- East Indies or Indies in Southeast Asia under Indian cultural influence, e.g. Indonesia and Philippines
- Indochina, Indianised Southeast Asia under French colonial rule
Indian inventions
[edit]- List of Indian inventions and discoveries
- Indian numeral system, disseminated from India to Arabia and then to Europe.
Indian soft power
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Global spread of Indian soft power:
- Global influence of India's:
- Architecture
- Cuisine
- Martial arts, especially on Southeast Asian martial arts
- Movies and Bollywood
- Music
- Physical culture
- India at the Big Four international beauty pageants
Names
[edit]Indian diaspora
[edit]Global Indian diaspora is world's largest diaspora, which includes NRIs, OCI, PIO, and mixed races:
- Indian diaspora (PIO and NRI), world's largest diaspora
- Overseas Citizenship of India
- List of heads of state and government of Indian origin, Indian diaspora's influence on policy making of other nations
- List of foreign politicians of Indian origin, Indian diaspora's influence on policy making of other nations
- British colonial era diaspora
- Coolies, Girmityas, and Indian indentured labourers, such as Indian South Africans, Malaysian Indians, Indo-Caribbeans, Indo-Fijians, Mauritians of Indian origin, Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa, Indian Singaporeans
- Anglo-Indians, such as Eurasians in Singapore, Irish Indians, Luso-Indian, Macanese people, Scottish-Indian
- Commonwealth diaspora – Diaspora of the British Commonwealth
- Other mixed diaspora
- Indian-origin religions diaspora:
- Buddhist diaspora: Tibetan diaspora
- Hindu diaspora: Bengali Hindu diaspora
- Jain diaspora
- Sikh diaspora
- Foreign-origin religions diaspora of overseas Indians
- Global influence of Indian diaspora organisations and lobby groups
See also
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- Acculturation – Adjusting to a new cultural environment
- Arabization – Process of growing Arab influence on non-Arab populations
- Christianization – Conversion of society or culture to Christianity
- Islamization – History of Islam
- Persianization – Cultural assimilation of Persian traits
- Westernization – Global adoption of western culture and values
- Americanization – Global influence of US culture
- Anglicization – Form of cultural assimilation
References
[edit]- ↑ Smith, Monica (1999-01-01). ""Indianization" from the Indian Point of View: Trade and Cultural Contacts with Southeast Asia in the Early First Millennium C.E.". Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 42 (1): 1–26. doi:10.1163/1568520991445588. ISSN 1568-5209.
- ↑ Sundaram, Chandar S. (2019-04-25). Indianization, the Officer Corps, and the Indian Army: The Forgotten Debate, 1817–1917. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN 978-1-4985-7952-0.
- ↑ Vivekanandan, Jayashree (2018-01-02). "Indianisation or indigenisation? Greater India and the politics of cultural diffusionism". Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 56 (1): 1–21. doi:10.1080/14662043.2018.1411232. ISSN 1466-2043.
- ↑ Trautmann, Thomas R. 1997, Aryans and British India. Berkeley: University of California Press., Bryant 2001.
- ↑ "Indology | Definition of Indology by Lexico". Lexico Dictionaries | English. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019.