Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia - iseas

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<strong>Reflections</strong> on the
Chola Naval Expeditions
to Southeast Asia
E d i t o r s
Hermann Kulke • K. Kesavapany • Vijay Sakhuja
With contributions by :
Hema Devare | Noboru Karashima | K. Kesavapany | Hermann Kulke | Risha Lee |
Anura Manatunga | A. Meenakshisundararajan | Sangeeta Sakhuja |
Vijay Sakhuja | Tansen Sen | Gokul Seshadri | P. Shanmugam |
Y. Subbarayalu | Ninie Susanti | S. Vasanthi |

NAGAPATTINAM TO SUVARNADWIPA
<strong>Reflections</strong> on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia
Edited by Hermann Kulke, K. Kesavapany and Vijay Sakhuja
The expansion of the Cholas from their base in the Kaveri Delta saw this growing power subdue the
kingdoms of southern India, as well as occupy Sri Lanka and the Maldives, by the early eleventh century.
It was also during this period that the Cholas initiated links with Song China.
Concurrently, the Southeast Asian polity of Sriwijaya had, through its Sumatran and Malayan ports,
come to occupy a key position in East-West maritime trade, requiring engagement with both Song China
to the north and the Chola kingdom to its west. The apparently friendly relations pursued were, however,
to be disrupted in 1025 by Chola naval expeditions against fourteen key port cities in Southeast Asia. This
volume examines the background, course and effects of these expeditions, as well as the regional context
of the events. It brings to light many aspects of this key period in Asian history.
Unprecedented in the degree of detail assigned to the story of the Chola expeditions, this volume is
also unique in that it includes translations of the contemporary Tamil and Sanskrit inscriptions relating to
Southeast Asia and of the Song dynasty Chinese texts relating to the Chola Kingdom.
2009 337 pages PIC187
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