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<p>Often serving as an important node through which West Asian and South Asian maritime trade with China were maintained maritime Southeast Asia remained exposed to various extralocal influences that accompanied maritime trade with and through this area. Yet as the research articles in the book indicate it was not just an appendage to the two great agrarian and maritime civilizations of Asia: India and China. It imbibed extralocal influences and transformed them to suit local needs. The book looks into the issue of complex interactions between local and extralocal influences in maritime Southeast Asia. It traces the processes through which extralocal influences were localized. About the Author Birendra Nath Prasad is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi where he teaches economic history and maritime history of ancient and early medieval India social history of religion in ancient and early medieval India and history of Southeast Asia to c.1500 ce. His recent publications include Archaeology of Religion in South Asia: Buddhist Brahmanical and Jaina Religious Centres in Bihar and Bengal c. ad 6001200 (New Delhi London and New York 2021) and Rethinking Bihar and Bengal: History Culture and Religion (New Delhi London and New York 2021).</p>
