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Great Expectations: Hindu Revival Movements in Java, Indonesia

Great Expectations: Hindu Revival Movements in Java, Indonesia

On July 23, 2004 by Thomas Reuter

Hindu empires had flourished in Java for a millennium until they were replaced by expanding Islamic polities in the 15th century, setting the stage for Indonesia becoming the world’s largest Muslim nation. In the 1970s, however, a new Hindu revival movement began…

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