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I.  Nalanda-Sriwijaya Series

The Nalanda-Sriwijaya Series, established under the publications programme of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, has been created as a publications avenue for the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre. The Centre focuses on the ways in which Asian polities and societies have interacted over time. To this end, the series invites submissions which engage with Asian historical connectivities. Such works might examine political relations between states, the trading, financial and other networks which connected regions, cultural, linguistic and intellectual interactions between societies, or religious links across and between large parts of Asia.

Editors: Hermann Kulke, K. Kesavapany, Vijay Sakhuja

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Table of Contents

Preface by K. Kesavapany

Introduction by Herman Kulke

1. The Naval Expeditions of the Cholas in the Context of
Asian History - Hermann Kulke

2. Medieval Commercial Activities in the Indian Ocean as
Revealed from Chinese Ceramic-sherds and South Indian
and Sri Lankan Inscriptions - Noboru Karashima

3. The Military Campaigns of Rajendra Chola and the
Chola-Srivijaya-China Triangle - Tansen Sen

4. Rajendra Chola I’s Naval Expedition to Southeast Asia:
A Nautical Perspective - Vijay Sakhuja and Sangeeta Sakhuja

5. A Note on the Navy of the Chola State - Y. Subbarayalu

6. Excavation at Gangaikondacholapuram, The Imperial
Capital of Rajendra Chola, and Its Significance - S. Vasanthi

7. New Perspectives on Nagappattinam: The Medieval Port City
in the Context of Political, Religious, and Commercial
Exchanges between South India, Southeast Asia and China - Gokul Seshadri

8. South Indian Merchant Guilds in the Indian Ocean and
Southeast Asia - Noboru Karashima

9. Anjuvannam: A Maritime Trade Guild of Medieval Times - Y. Subbarayalu

10. Rajendra Chola’s Naval Expedition and the Chola Trade with
Southeast and East Asia - A. Meenakshisundararajan

11. Cultural Implications of the Chola Maritime Fabric Trade
with Southeast Asia - Hema Devare

12. Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia during the Period of the
Polonnaruva Kingdom - Anura Manatunga

13. India and Southeast Asia: South Indian Cultural Links
with Indonesia - P. Shanmugam

14. Rajendra Chola’s Invasion and the Rise of Airlangga - Ninie Susanti

15. Rethinking Community: The Indic Carvings of Quanzhou - Risha Lee

Appendix

I. Ancient and Medieval Tamil and Sanskrit Inscriptions Relating to Southeast Asia and China - Noboru Karashima and Y. Subbarayalu

II. Chinese Texts Describing or Referring to the Chola Kingdom as Zhu-nian - Noboru Karashima and Tansen Sen