Explanation:

Southeast Asia is a sub region of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India. Southeast Asia consists of two geographic regions: Maritime Southeast Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia. Mainland Southeast Asia comprises of Cambodia, Laos,Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, and West Malaysia. These countries are culturally closer to India but ethnically closer to China. Currently, there is around 190- 205 million Buddhists in Southeast Asia, making it the  second largest religion in the region, after Islam. Thus, around 35 to 38% of the global Buddhist population resides  in Southeast Asia. The region has been greatly influenced   by the cultures and religions of India and China.