Question

How did religion influence the forms of government in the kingdoms of Southeast Asia?

Answer 1

Helped them with trading with the British and Portuguese 

Answer 2

The religion in Southeast Asia is Hinduism. Hindu civilization shifted and shaped the social construct and statehood of Southeast Asian regional polity. Through the formation of Indianized kingdoms, small indigenous polities led by petty chieftain were transformed into major kingdoms and empires led by a maharaja with statecraft concept like those in India. It gave birth to the former Champa civilisation in southern parts of Central Vietnam, Funan in Cambodia, the Khmer Empire in Indochina, Langkasuka Kingdom and Old Kedah in the Malay Peninsula, the Sriwijayan kingdom on Sumatra, the Medang kingdom, Singhasari and the Majapahit Empire located in Java, Bali, and parts of the Philippine archipelago.