Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: reflections on the Chola naval expeditions to Southeast Asia /
editors, Hermann Kulke, K. Kesavapany, Vijay Sakhuja.
- Singapore : ISEAS, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2009.
- xxv, 337 p. : 23 cm.
"The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) hosted an international conference on "Early Indian Influences in Southeast Asia: Reflections on Cross-cultural Movements" from 21 to 23 November 2007 in Singapore ... Two volumes have emerged from the proceedings ... Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa : Reflections on Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia, and ... Early Indian Influence in Southeast Asia"--Preface, p. [xi].
Foreword / by Shashi Tharoor -- Preface / by K. Kesavapany -- Introduction / by Hermann Kulke -- The contributors -- 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 Nagapattinam: 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 Cholas 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 -- Appendix II: Chinese Texts Describing or Referring to the Chola Kingdom as Zhu-nian / Noboru Karashima and Tansen Sen.