WI: less expansive islam?

I was playing EU3 as Joseon Korea and somehow Khmer formed a huge buddhist malaya!!

So i wondered what would happen in the real world if the Islamic faith stayed around the middle east and maybe africa? Could a Buddhist malaya actually happen?
 
I was playing EU3 as Joseon Korea and somehow Khmer formed a huge buddhist malaya!!

So i wondered what would happen in the real world if the Islamic faith stayed around the middle east and maybe africa? Could a Buddhist malaya actually happen?

Less assimilation and improvement of Indian Science, like the concept of Zero, perhaps?
 
I was playing EU3 as Joseon Korea and somehow Khmer formed a huge buddhist malaya!!

So i wondered what would happen in the real world if the Islamic faith stayed around the middle east and maybe africa? Could a Buddhist malaya actually happen?

If Indian tradesmen were the "predominate" trade partners in Malaya then possibly.
 
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