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

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CONTENTS Foreword by Shashi Tharoor vii Message by M. V. Subbiah ix Preface by K. Kesavapany xi Introduction by Hermann Kulke xiii The Contributors xxi 1. The Naval Expeditions of the Cholas in the Context of Asian History 1 Hermann Kulke 2. Medieval Commercial Activities in the Indian Ocean as Revealed from Chinese Ceramic-sherds and South Indian and Sri Lankan Inscriptions 20 Noboru Karashima 3. The Military Campaigns of Rajendra Chola and the Chola-Srivijaya-China Triangle 61 Tansen Sen 4. Rajendra Chola I’s Naval Expedition to Southeast Asia: A Nautical Perspective 76 Vijay Sakhuja and Sangeeta Sakhuja 5. A Note on the Navy of the Chola State 91 Y. Subbarayalu 6. Excavation at Gangaikondacholapuram, The Imperial Capital of Rajendra Chola, and Its Significance 96 S. Vasanthi 00 Nagapattinam_Prelims 11/10/09, 9:12 AM 5 vi Contents 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 102 Gokul Seshadri 8. South Indian Merchant Guilds in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia 135 Noboru Karashima 9. Anjuvannam: A Maritime Trade Guild of Medieval Times 158 Y. Subbarayalu 10. Rajendra Chola’s Naval Expedition and the Chola Trade with Southeast and East Asia 168 A. Meenakshisundararajan 11. Cultural Implications of the Chola Maritime Fabric Trade with Southeast Asia 178 Hema Devare 12. Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia during the Period of the Polonnaruva Kingdom 193 Anura Manatunga 13. India and Southeast Asia: South Indian Cultural Links with Indonesia 208 P. Shanmugam 14. Rajendra Chola’s Invasion and the Rise of Airlangga 227 Ninie Susanti 15. Rethinking Community: The Indic Carvings of Quanzhou 240 Risha Lee Appendix I Ancient and Medieval Tamil and Sanskrit Inscriptions Relating to Southeast Asia and China 271 Noboru Karashima and Y. Subbarayalu II Chinese Texts Describing or Referring to the Chola Kingdom as Zhu-nian 292 Noboru Karashima and Tansen Sen Index 317 00 Nagapattinam_Prelims 11/10/09, 9:12 AM 6 ...