भारतीय साम्राज्य. [ भाग यूरोपखंडांत, रूसच्या राज्यांत बाकू येथें पुराण- त्यांतील भाषा, व काळी हिंदूंची वसाहत असून, तेथें धर्मसंस्था. प्राचीन शिवालय असल्याचे कळून येतें. आशियांतील रूसचें राज्य, रक्त समुद्र, इराणचें आखात, झांझिबार, आणि आफ्रिका खंड, येथेही हिंदूंच्या प्राचीन वसाहती होत्या, व त्यांजबरोबर ते व्यापार करीत असत. तसेंच, अगदी पूर्व बाजूला, ह्मणजे हिंदीमहासागरांतील द्वीपसमूहापैकी सुमात्रा, जाव्हा, बोर्नियो, वगैरे बेटें, सायाम, कंबोज, कोचीनचीन, इत्यादि प्रांत, आणि अतिप्राच्यतर द्वीपसमुदाय, (ज्याला [ मागील पृष्ठावरून पुढे चालू. ] east, where it survives to this day. The Indian nobles who led their followers to the conquest and settle- ment of remote lands, apparently first subdued Sumatra and Java, and ultimately Cambodia, with the southern parts of Cochin-china where the French in our time are endeavouring to create another India. From the inscriptions found in Cambodia and Champs it is ascertained that Sanskrit was the official language in these territories; and that it was also the language of official poets. Shiva and Vishnu were worshipped, and the Mahabharata and other sacred writings piously recited as in the mother-country, The ruins of temples in the Indian style of architecture are still extent, and excite the admira- tion of the traveller." [ पुढे चालूं. ]
