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Describe the expansion of Indian culture in Kamboj (Cambodia).

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Kamboj: Kamboj or Cambodia was called Phunan earlier. Here in 1st century BC an Indian named Kodinya established his empire. He got married with Sobha a girl belonged to Nagi caste. He made learn people of here to wear clothes. During the rule of descendants of Kodinya, Cambodia progressed a lot and Indian culture spread over here. In the beginning of 9th century in the dynasty of Jai Verma and his successors, Indian language like Sanskrit, philosophy, literature, arithmatic and astrology were spread here. The king Surya Verma-II of this dynasty built the famous temple named Angkorvat of Lord Vishnu here. This temple is a pattern of Indian architecture. Inscription and historical remains proves that the names of towns of Combodia were similar to India.

For example, Tamrapur, Adhyapur, Vikrampur etc. Yajanas (yagyas) were in trend in Combodia. Education was given in Ashrams like ancient schooling system of India. Worship of Shiva, Vishnu, Uma, Brahasma, Saraswati, Ganga, Chandi, Laxmi, Ganesha, etc. was in practice. Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedas, Puranas, were studied. In ancient temples of Cambodia lots of Vishnu and Shiva idols are found.

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