VII. Indian Teachers and their Indonesian Pupils

On Intellectual Relations between India and Indonesia, 1600–1800

Bibliographic Data

ID11280931
AuthorsKarel Steenbrink (University of Islamic Studies, corresponding author), K A Steenbrink
Year1988
Volume12
Issue1
Pages129-142
Publication date1988-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueItinerario (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-1153 • E-ISSN: 2041-2827
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0165115300023391
OpenAlexW2156938480
LanguageEN
References cited14

One of the classical accounts on the coming and first establishment of Islam in Indonesia runs as follows: Already a long time before the birth of Islam a mighty stream of colonisation started from Hindustan towards Java and surrounding islands. This stream definitely dominated the culture of this area and its influence is felt until today. After part of the Hindus had accepted Islam, these Indian Muslims were active in the trade with the archipelago and part of them also settled in this area. These traders and emigrants brought Islam into the Indian Archipelago. It is true, that already before this period some other Muslim nations sought articles of trade from the East-Indies and even established small settlements there: surely there resulted no permanent religious influence from these settlements. Islam, such as received by the Indonesians, therefore already experienced a process of adaptation towards the world of Hinduism. This made it easier for this new religion to accommodate itself once again to a degenerated Hinduism. Islam in the East-Indies unmistakably shows the signs of this Indian origin

Ancient history · Archaeology · Archipelago · Colonialism · Ethnology · Geography · Hinduism · Human settlement · Indonesian · Islam · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Religious studies

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