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Chola Empire's Maritime Law: The Vira Bananju Code
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Vira Bananju, the legal code that governed the Ayyavole merchant guilds of the Chola Empire. Discover how these 11th-century maritime laws regulated trade, resolved disputes, and protected merchants from pirates across the Indian Ocean. We trace the origins of the code to the Ayyavole inscriptions at Takuapa in modern Thailand, examine its provisions for shipwrecks, debt collection, and caste penalties, and reveal how it undergirded the economic dominance of Tamil merchants from the Kaveri delta to the South China Sea. Along the way, we meet the…
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