Indosphere

E133175

civilizational sphere cultural sphere linguistic area

The Indosphere refers to the cultural and linguistic sphere in Asia historically influenced by Indian civilization, religions, and scripts, particularly through the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Indosphere canonical	2

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civilizational sphere ⓘ cultural sphere ⓘ linguistic area ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Javanese Hindu-Buddhist civilization ⓘ surface form: Indianized cultural sphere
associatedWithReligion	Hinduism ⓘ Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism Shaivism ⓘ Tantric traditions ⓘ Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism Vaishnavism ⓘ
characterizedBy	Indian epics and literature ⓘ Indian-influenced cosmology ⓘ Indian-influenced court rituals ⓘ Indian-influenced law codes ⓘ Indian-influenced royal titles ⓘ Indian-influenced temple architecture ⓘ adoption of Indian scripts ⓘ spread of Buddhism ⓘ spread of Hinduism ⓘ use of Pali in religious contexts ⓘ use of Sanskrit as prestige language ⓘ
coinedInContextOf	contrast with Sinosphere in Asian cultural history ⓘ
contrastedWith	Sinosphere ⓘ
definedAs	the cultural and linguistic sphere in Asia historically influenced by Indian civilization ⓘ
extendsTo	Himalayan region ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ surface form: Tibet parts of Central Asia (historically) ⓘ
geographicallyCenteredOn	South Asia ⓘ
hasCoreConcept	diffusion of Indian cultural models beyond the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	Dravidian loanwords ⓘ Indic-derived scripts ⓘ Indo-Aryan loanwords ⓘ Pali loanwords ⓘ Sanskrit loanwords ⓘ
hasSubregion	Central Asia ⓘ surface form: Central Asia (historically) Himalayan region ⓘ Malay Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Island Southeast Asia Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ surface form: Tibet
historicalProcess	Indianization of Southeast Asia ⓘ
includesCulture	Angkor Archaeological Park ⓘ surface form: Angkor Anuradhapura Kingdom ⓘ Ayutthaya Kingdom ⓘ Cham civilization ⓘ Champa ⓘ Dvaravati ⓘ Funan ⓘ Khmer civilization ⓘ Lanna Kingdom ⓘ Majapahit Empire ⓘ surface form: Majapahit Mon civilization ⓘ Pagan Kingdom ⓘ Polonnaruwa Kingdom ⓘ Srivijaya Empire ⓘ surface form: Srivijaya Srivijaya Empire ⓘ
includesScriptFamily	Balinese script ⓘ Brahmic scripts ⓘ Burmese script ⓘ Javanese script ⓘ Khmer script ⓘ Lao script ⓘ Sinhala script ⓘ Thai script ⓘ Tibetan script ⓘ
influencedBy	Buddhism ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Indian civilization ⓘ Indian scripts ⓘ Pali ⓘ surface form: Pali language Sanskrit ⓘ surface form: Sanskrit language
studiedInDiscipline	Buddhist studies ⓘ South Asian studies ⓘ Southeast Asian studies ⓘ comparative religion ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
timePeriod	early centuries CE onward ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sinosphere → contrastedWith → Indosphere ⓘ

Indo-Iranian peoples → hasCulturalSphere → Indosphere ⓘ