transcended the boundaries of modern Southeast Asian nations, representing larger patterns of influence. Scholars often resort to Indian terms to describe these influences, suggesting they existed as overlapping “mandalas.”
[Samākhom Prachāchāt haeng Ēchīa Tawan-øk Chīeng-tāi] (org) EN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)FR: Association des nations de l'Asie du Sud-Est (ANASE/ASEAN)
(n)an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism, Syn.ASEAN