clothing, and Indian cuisine, a process which has also been aided by the ongoing historic expansion of Indian diaspora. During the pre-islamic and pre-colonial phase, through the Indianised Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms of southeast asia the usage of term "sala" and other sanskrit words of Indian origins then spread to various other nations within Indospehere including Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, etc. Salas outside Thailand Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin, United States East–West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Ueno Zoological Gardens, Tokyo, Japan Parc du Denantou, Lausanne, Switzerland Kurpark, Bad Homburg v.d.H, Germany Westpark, Munich, Germany See also Architecture of Thailand Ordination hall Zayat References External links Elements and parts of Thai architecture East-West Center, A Commemorative Book by the Thai Students at the East-West Center on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Asia Pacific Community Building Award and Dedication of the Royal Sala Thai, Honolulu, East-west Center, 2008. Hindu architecture Architecture in Thailand Traditional Thai architecture National symbols of Thailand