Editing Principality (section)

==Asia==
Before the European colonialism, [[South Asia]] and [[South East Asia]] were under the influence of the [[Indosphere]], where numerous [[Indianized kingdom|Indianized principalities]] and empires flourished for several centuries in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam. The influence of Indian culture on these areas was given the term ''indianization''. [[George Coedes]] defined it as the expansion of an organized culture that was framed upon Indian originations of royalty, [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhist|Buddhism]] and the [[sanskritization|Sanskrit dialect]].<ref name=coedes>{{cite book|last1=Coedes|first1=George|title=The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|date=1967|publisher=Australian National University Press}}</ref> This can be seen in the [[Hinduism in Southeast Asia|spread of Hinduism]] and [[Silk Road transmission of Buddhism|Buddhism]]. [[Indian honorifics]] also influenced the [[Malay styles and titles|Malay]], [[Thai royal ranks and titles|Thai]], [[Filipino styles and honorifics|Filipino]] and [[Indonesian names#Honorifics|Indonesian]] honorifics.<ref name=tit1>Krishna Chandra Sagar, 2002, An Era of Peace, Page 52.</ref>

In the colonial context, the term [[princely states]] was used, especially for those that came under the sway of a European colonising power: for example the [[British India]]n and neighbouring or associated (e.g., Arabian) princely states were ruled by monarchs called Princes by the British, regardless of the native styles, which could be equivalent to royal or even imperial rank in the [[indigenous peoples|Indigenous]] cultures.