A short history of Buddhism and absorbed many local customs, for instance the jus primae noctis, which they considered as an act of religious worship. Turning to Indo-China, we find that in Cambodia about AD 400 already the reigning house, the nobility and the priesthood are Hindus. We also find a mixture of Sivaism and Mahāyāna first in Fu-nan, and then, after 540, in the Khmer kingdom, of which Angkor became the capital in 802. The Khmers erected many huge buildings, some of which were devoted to Mahāyāna deities, among whom Lokesvara and Bhaisajyaguru were specially popular. Up to about AD 1000 the syncretism of Sivaism and Mahāyāna also dominated the Champa kingdom, although the Mahāyāna element was less strong there, and also the Sammitivas and Sarvastivadins were represented. The influence of Srivijaya greatly strengthened the Mahāyāna during the ninth century also in Indo-China. Indonesia was likewise ruled by Indian emigrants, and a Buddhism imported from South-East India is attested there from the fifth century onwards. The imperial power of Srivijaya after 675 replaces by Buddhism the Brahminism prevalent until then. In Sumatra the Sarvastivadins were strong in the seventh century. Later on the Vajrayana was brought in from the Pala Universities. The same happened in Central Java under the Sailendra dynasty from the eighth century onwards, although Sivaism always remained fairly strong. The Sailendras filled the Kedu plain with beautiful temples, adorned with exceptionally trong đêm tân hôn. Không biết là ở đây chỉ đến tập tục nào của Miến Điện. Funan, Hán dịch âm là Phù Nam (扶南). 3 Lokesvara 4 Bhaisajyaguru 5 Champa 6 Sammityas 7 Brahminism 2
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