Kingdom of Cambodia

Religion in Cambodia

Cambodia, as the people around the world have known that it was the kingdom of wonder is in the south of, is a country in the Southeast Asia that borders 3 countries: Vietnam, Thailand and Laos. Most of the people in Cambodia are adheres to the Buddhism with 95% of the population people and another 5% of the population people are adheres to Islam, Christianity, Animism and Hinduism. So what is the reason why the 95% of population people are adheres the Buddhism?

Cambodia spans nearly 2000 years, across a number of successive kingdoms and empires. Buddhism entered Cambodia through two different streams. The first steam of Buddhism entered Cambodia by the Funan who married with Lieou Ye the first princess in the kingdom of Cambodia. Another one in later history, a second steam of Buddhism entered Khmer culture during the Angkor empire when Cambodia absorbed the various Buddhist traditions of the Mon kingdoms of Dvaravati and Haripunchai. Buddhism has existed in Cambodia since at least the 5^th century CE, with some sources placing its origin as early as the 3^rd century BCE. Buddhism has been the Cambodian state religion since the 13^th century CE still now (except the Khmer Rouge period) and is currently estimated to be the faith of 95% of the population people.

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