Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Message
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Contributors
- 1 The Naval Expeditions of the Cholas in the Context of Asian History
- 2 Medieval Commercial Activities in the Indian Ocean as Revealed from Chinese Ceramic-sherds and South Indian and Sri Lankan Inscriptions
- 3 The Military Campaigns of Rajendra Chola and the Chola-Srivijaya-China Triangle
- 4 Rajendra Chola I's Naval Expedition to Southeast Asia: A Nautical Perspective
- 5 A Note on the Navy of the Chola State
- 6 Excavation at Gangaikondacholapuram, The Imperial Capital of Rajendra Chola, and Its Significance
- 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
- 8 South Indian Merchant Guilds in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia
- 9 Anjuvannam: A Maritime Trade Guild of Medieval Times
- 10 Rajendra Chola's Naval Expedition and the Chola Trade with Southeast and East Asia
- 11 Cultural Implications of the Chola Maritime Fabric Trade with Southeast Asia
- 12 Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia during the Period of the Polonnaruva Kingdom
- 13 India and Southeast Asia: South Indian Cultural Links with Indonesia
- 14 Rajendra Chola's Invasion and the Rise of Airlangga
- 15 Rethinking Community: The Indic Carvings of Quanzhou
- Appendix I Ancient and Medieval Tamil and Sanskrit Inscriptions Relating to Southeast Asia and China
- Chinese Texts Describing or Referring to the Chola Kingdom as Zhu-nian
- Index
Foreword
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Message
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Contributors
- 1 The Naval Expeditions of the Cholas in the Context of Asian History
- 2 Medieval Commercial Activities in the Indian Ocean as Revealed from Chinese Ceramic-sherds and South Indian and Sri Lankan Inscriptions
- 3 The Military Campaigns of Rajendra Chola and the Chola-Srivijaya-China Triangle
- 4 Rajendra Chola I's Naval Expedition to Southeast Asia: A Nautical Perspective
- 5 A Note on the Navy of the Chola State
- 6 Excavation at Gangaikondacholapuram, The Imperial Capital of Rajendra Chola, and Its Significance
- 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
- 8 South Indian Merchant Guilds in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia
- 9 Anjuvannam: A Maritime Trade Guild of Medieval Times
- 10 Rajendra Chola's Naval Expedition and the Chola Trade with Southeast and East Asia
- 11 Cultural Implications of the Chola Maritime Fabric Trade with Southeast Asia
- 12 Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia during the Period of the Polonnaruva Kingdom
- 13 India and Southeast Asia: South Indian Cultural Links with Indonesia
- 14 Rajendra Chola's Invasion and the Rise of Airlangga
- 15 Rethinking Community: The Indic Carvings of Quanzhou
- Appendix I Ancient and Medieval Tamil and Sanskrit Inscriptions Relating to Southeast Asia and China
- Chinese Texts Describing or Referring to the Chola Kingdom as Zhu-nian
- Index
Summary
I am delighted to welcome a valuable addition to the limited canon of books on India's interaction with Southeast Asia. Indian Ocean studies still remain unexplored, though the Indian Ocean and its “Maritime Silk Road” have been the main focus of global and in particular Asian history in recent decades.
The book titled Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia deals with several fascinating subjects, amongst them:
• the naval expeditions of the Cholas in the context of Asian history and Indian Ocean trade system;
• South Indian merchant guilds, whose fame is strongly associated with the Cholas and which are often regarded as a driving force behind the naval expeditions of the Cholas;
• developments in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, which were most directly affected by Chola expansionism.
India has been following a conscious “Look East Policy” since the early 1990s and India's present accentuated level of interaction with ASEAN is integral to this approach. There has been steady progress in the India-ASEAN relationship since this policy was initiated. India-ASEAN functional cooperation is diverse and includes cooperation in several sectors. As regards political and security issues, ASEAN also has expressed its desire to work with India to fight terrorism, transnational crimes and similar problems. Recently, India concluded a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with ASEAN, which will ensure lower duties and a freer flow of trade in goods. In the cultural, educational and religious fields, India's efforts aim to promote people to people contacts, religious tourism and linkages among institutions of higher learning.
This volume fits well within these objectives. The present book Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia, about the naval expeditions of the South Indian Chola Dynasty in the eleventh century, is a welcome contribution to Indian Ocean studies. I hope it will enhance its readers’ awareness of a vital and sadly-neglected aspect of India's involvement with its broader neighbourhood.
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- Nagapattinam to SuvarnadwipaReflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstitutePrint publication year: 2009