Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia

Published by ISEAS Publishing 2009

Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa

Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia

Edited by: Hermann Kulke , K. Kesavapany and Vijay Sakhuja

https://doi.org/10.1355/9789812309389

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
FOREWORD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
MESSAGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
THE CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxi
1 THE NAVAL EXPEDITIONS OF THE CHOLAS IN THE CONTEXT OF ASIAN HISTORY Hermann Kulke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 MEDIEVAL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AS REVEALED FROM CHINESE CERAMIC-SHERDS AND SOUTH INDIAN AND SRI LANKAN INSCRIPTIONS Noboru Karashima Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3 THE MILITARY CAMPAIGNS OF RAJENDRA CHOLA AND THE CHOLA-SRIVIJAYA-CHINA TRIANGLE Tansen Sen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
4 RAJENDRA CHOLA I’S NAVAL EXPEDITION TO SOUTHEAST ASIA: A Nautical Perspective Vijay Sakhuja and Sangeeta Sakhuja Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
5 A NOTE ON THE NAVY OF THE CHOLA STATE Y. Subbarayalu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
6 EXCAVATION AT GANGAIKONDACHOLAPURAM, THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL OF RAJENDRA CHOLA, AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE S. Vasanthi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
7 NEW PERSPECTIVES ON NAGAPATTINAM: The Medieval Port City in the Context of Political, Religious, and Commercial Exchanges between South India, Southeast Asia, and China Gokul Seshadri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
8 SOUTH INDIAN MERCHANT GUILDS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIA Noboru Karashima Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
9 ANJUVANNAM: A Maritime Trade Guild of Medieval Times Y. Subbarayalu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
10 RAJENDRA CHOLA’S NAVAL EXPEDITION AND THE CHOLA TRADE WITH SOUTHEAST AND EAST ASIA A. Meenakshisundararajan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
11 CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CHOLA MARITIME FABRIC TRADE WITH SOUTHEAST ASIA Hema Devare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
12 SRI LANKA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA DURING THE PERIOD OF THE POLONNARUVA KINGDOM Anura Manatunga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
13 INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: South Indian Cultural Links with Indonesia P. Shanmugam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
14 RAJENDRA CHOLA’S INVASION AND THE RISE OF AIRLANGGA Ninie Susanti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
15 RETHINKING COMMUNITY: The Indic Carvings of Quanzhou Risha Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
APPENDIX I. Ancient and Medieval Tamil and Sanskrit Inscriptions Relating to Southeast Asia and China Noboru Karashima and Y. Subbarayalu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
APPENDIX II Chinese Texts Describing or Referring to the Chola Kingdom as Zhu-nian Noboru Karashima and Tansen Sen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317

Language: English
Publisher: ISEAS Publishing
Pages
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Published: December 16, 2009
ISBN: 9789812309389