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1. According to Buschmann, why
did Hinduism spread through
Southeast Asia?

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Answer:

A large number of Hindus from South India were brought to Malaysia by British colonial empire during the 19th and 20th century, as indentured labourers to work on coffee and sugarcane plantations and tin mining; later they were deployed in large numbers, along with Chinese Buddhists, on rubber plantations.

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