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II. Islam and the Formation of Tradition in Indonesia: A Comparative Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2010

Taufik Abdullah
Taufik Abdullah
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Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia
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One may not always agree with the term used as the title of the book, but in his already classic study on ancient Southeast Asia, Coedès has shown that despite local differences and regional variations, this region shares similar sense of unity. Hinduisation or, rather, Indianisation in statecraft and religion was the basis of this sense of unity. Not only were Sanskrit and Pali the official languages of the original texts of the religion, Hinduisation also provided commonly shared high cultural symbols. In other words, despite political instability in inter-state relations and trading competition that continued to disturb whatever type of stability had been attained, the world of Southeast Asia, and particularly the historic Indonesian archipelago, shared a number of cultural traits, that were clearly manifested in the conduct of political affairs and religion.

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Itinerario , Volume 13 , Special Issue 1: India and Indonesia: General Perspectives , March 1989 , pp. 17 - 36
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Copyright © Research Institute for History, Leiden University 1989

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