cultural adaptation of Hindu and Buddhist beliefs in Maritime Southeast Asia is better characterized as "localization," which Wolters (1999) describes as a process by which foreign ideas ("specifically Indian materials") could be "fractured and restated and therefore drained of their original significance" in the process of being adopted into "various local complexes." See also Rajahnate of Butuan Rajahnate of Cebu Indosphere Greater India Indian Filipino History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia List of India-related topics in the Philippines References History of the Philippines Indosphere Indian diaspora by country