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Rajendra Chola's 1025 Raid on Srivijaya
In 1025 CE, Rajendra Chola I launched one of the most audacious naval campaigns in medieval history: a raid across the Bay of Bengal against the mighty Srivijaya Empire. This episode takes you aboard the Chola fleet as they surprise the Srivijayan capital, capture the king, and plunder a dozen ports. We discuss the strategic motivations, the logistics of moving an army across open ocean, and the diplomatic aftermath that reshaped Indian Ocean trade. Using the Thiruvalangadu plates and Chinese chronicles, we reconstruct the raid on Kadaram (modern Kedah) and explore how this single expedition…
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