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The navy waited at Kedah - and the fleet sailed around it
A jeweled war gate is snatched from Palembang - and the fleet sails around the strait nobody expected. Can maritime control be reclaimed?
The navy waited at Kedah - and the fleet sailed around it
In this episode, we lay out the movements, places, and institutions behind the 1025 raid on Palembang and the puzzling absence of Srivijaya’s navy where the capital fell. How could an empire built on maritime control lose its city to a naval strike it did not intercept?
Date: 1025
Location: Palembang; Kedah; Malacca Strait; Sunda Strait
Person: Rajendra Chola
Topic: Srivijaya naval deployment and…
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