Indianisation

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{{short description|Spread of Indian religions, culture, diaspora, soft power, economic reach and impact}}

Indianisation also known as Indianization, may refer to the spread of Indian languages, culture, diaspora, cuisines, economic reach and impact.

History

= Ancient era =

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Indianisation took place in Southeast Asia mainly from the first millennium onwards through trade and religion.{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=Monica |date=1999-01-01 |title="Indianization" from the Indian Point of View: Trade and Cultural Contacts with Southeast Asia in the Early First Millennium C.E. |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/jesh/42/1/article-p1_1.xml |journal=Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient |language=en |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=1–26 |doi=10.1163/1568520991445588 |issn=1568-5209}}

= Colonial era =

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.{{Cite book |last=Sundaram |first=Chandar S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=7z2SDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1 |title=Indianization, the Officer Corps, and the Indian Army: The Forgotten Debate, 1817–1917 |date=2019-04-25 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |isbn=978-1-4985-7952-0 |language=en}} 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.{{Cite journal |last=Vivekanandan |first=Jayashree |date=2018-01-02 |title=Indianisation or indigenisation? Greater India and the politics of cultural diffusionism |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2018.1411232 |journal=Commonwealth & Comparative Politics |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=1–21 |doi=10.1080/14662043.2018.1411232 |issn=1466-2043}}

Indian cultural influence

{{See also|History of foreign relations of India (pre-1947)|Cultural history of India}}

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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.
Greater India
Indosphere
Sanskritisation
List of Sanskrit-related topics
Indianisation of Southeast Asia
Indianised kingdom
History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia
Sanskrit inscriptions in the Malay world
South-East Asia campaign of Rajendra Chola
Chola invasion of Srivijaya
Indian influences in early Philippine polities
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 & STEM influence

List of Indian inventions and discoveries
Indian numeral system, disseminated from India to Arabia and then to Europe.

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Indian influence, India produces world's highest per capita ratio (1 in every 52 graduates) & second largest number (2.6 million in 2016) of STEM graduates every year.{{cite web|url=https://www.visualcapitalist.com/stem-education-crisis-future-work/|title=How the STEM Crisis is Threatening the Future of Work|date=6 January 2020|access-date=19 January 2020|archive-date=26 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126154103/https://www.visualcapitalist.com/stem-education-crisis-future-work/|url-status=live}}
Prominent Indians in STEM in USA

Indian soft power

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Global spread of Indian soft power: