भारतीय साम्राज्य. [ भाग लत असल्या प्रमाणेच होई. ठिकठिकाणी शिव आणि विष्णु ही दैवतेंच पूजनीय असून, त्यांची अप्रतीम व सुरेख मंदिरें देखील त्या वसाहतींत बांधलेली होती. परंतु हल्ली ती सर्व उध्वस्त झालेली दिसतात. तथापि, त्यांची भारतीय रचना आणि कलासौंदर्य, मितीस देखील दृष्टिगोचर असल्यामुळे, ती आपल्या वैभ वानें प्रेक्षकांस अगदी चकित करून सोडतात. आज १ “ It has long been known that there are more or less distinct traces of Indian immigrations, and of Indian influence, in the islands of the Indian Archipalego, and even in the distant Phillippines. But working on materials collected by the enlightened energy of the French Government, Kern, Barth, the lamented Bergaigue, and Senort have gone far to call out of darkness the whole of that forgotten past. ‘It now appears' said Dr. Buhler ‘that this portion of the Far East did not receive its civilization like China and Japan, through the barefooted friars of the Buddhist persuasion, but after being conquered with the sword by Brahminical warriors of Eastern, and possibly also of western India. These warriors carried with them their civilization and their religions, mindful of Manu's advice to settle in newly acquired kingdoms learned Brahmans and artizans skilled in various handicrafts. The Sáma and the Rigvedas were sung, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana recited, Sivaand Vishnu were worshipped in the Far East as in Aryavarta itself ! The ruins of their temples still
