Greater India was the historical extent of the culture of India beyond the Indian Subcontinent. This particularly concerns the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism by the travelers and traders of the 5th to 15th centuries, but may also refer to the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism from India to Central Asia and China by the Silk Road during the early centuries of the Common Era. Particularly Southeast Asia was heavily influenced by the east Indian Gupta Empire and south Indian Pallava Dynasty during ancient and medieval period which led to the establishment of Indianised kingdoms in Southeast Asia.