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The Chola Empire's Gold Rings and the Tamil Diaspora in Southeast Asia
In this episode of The Chola Empire podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the material culture of Chola trade networks through the lens of gold rings found in shipwrecks across the Indian Ocean. They discuss the 12th-century Phanom-Surin shipwreck in the Gulf of Thailand, which contained a hoard of Chola-style gold jewelry, including a ring inscribed in Tamil with the name 'Chandrasekhara.' The conversation traces how Tamil merchant guilds like the Ayyavole established permanent settlements in places like Takuapa in present-day Thailand, and how these communities maintained their cultural…
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