Krishnan Seshasayee

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One should not be under the impression that influences always flowed unidirectionally from India to South East Asia. Far from it, Indian civilization was enriched in many ways by influences from the east. One commonplace example is the custom of chewing paan (betel leaves with areca nuts, usually with a bit of lime and other ingredients).
Krishnan Seshasayee
Cultural flow was not unidirectional
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