Indosphere is defined as "a socio-political sphere subsuming those countries, cultures, and languages that have historically been influenced by the politics, culture, religion, and languages of India." Beyond the Indian subcontinent, mainland Southeast Asia was the other recipient center of Indian-influenced cultures, literature, philosophy, political systems, architecture, music, and religion (Hinduism and Theravada Buddhism). The latter region includes notably: Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia, although Indonesia and Malaysia too absorbed much Indian influence before the coming of Islam to Southeast Asia. The cultures of India are also imprinted through the Indian diaspora to other countries in the world, and may be particuarly influential in states like Fiji, Mauritius, Suriname, Trinidad and Guyana where they are a substantially large minority.
Language variation: Papers on variation and change in the Sinosphere and in the Indosphere in honor of James A. Matisoff, David Bradley, Randy J. LaPolla and Boyd Michailovsky eds., pp. 113–144. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Ankerl, Guy: Coexisting Contemporary Civilizations: Arabo-Muslim, Bharati, Chinese, and Western. Geneva: INUPRESS, (2000), ISBN 2881550045
†Afghanistan is often considered Central Asian but with South Asian influence; if it is Indospheric is debated ††Tibet is often considered Central Asian †††Balochistan is divided between Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan
