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

Foreword / by Shashi Tharoor -- Message / by M.V. Subbiah -- Preface / by K. Kesavapany -- Introduction / by Hermann Kulke -- The contributors -- The naval expeditions of the Cholas in the context of Asian history / Hermann Kulke -- Medieval commercial activities in the Indian Ocean as revealed from Chinese ceramic-sherds and South Indian and Sri Lankan inscriptions / Noboru Karashima -- The military campaigns of Rajendra Chola and the Chola-Srivijaya-China triangle / Tansen Sen -- Rajendra Chola I's naval expedition to Southeast Asia : a nautical perspective / Vijay Sakhuja and Sangeeta Sakhuja -- A note on the navy of the Chola state / Y. Subbarayalu -- Excavation at Gangaikondacholapuram, the imperial capital of Rajendra Chola, and its significance / S. Vasanthi -- 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 -- South Indian merchant guilds in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia / Noboru Karashima -- Anjuvannam : a maritime trade guild of medieval times / Y. Subbarayalu -- Rajendra Chola's naval expedition and the Chola trade with Southeast and East Asia / A. Meenakshisundararajan -- Cultural implications of the Chola maritime fabric trade with Southeast Asia / Hema Devare -- Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia during the period of the Polonnaruva kingdom / Anura Manatunga -- India and Southeast Asia : South Indian cultural links with Indonesia / P. Shanmugam -- Rajendra Chola's invasion and the rise of Airlangga / Ninie Susanti -- 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