High Middle Ages · South Asia · Exploration
1015
Chola fleet dominates the Bay of Bengal
1015
Under Rajendra I, the Chola navy controlled shipping lanes from the Coromandel coast to the Strait of Malacca, the most formidable Indian Ocean naval force of its era. Tamil merchant guilds established permanent trading posts across Southeast Asia, exchanging South Indian textiles and spices for Chinese porcelain and Sumatran camphor.
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