Significant985 CE – 1070 · 85 years
Chola Maritime Expansion Wars
South India · Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka
Chola Dynasty's naval campaigns expanded South Indian maritime dominance across the Indian Ocean.
Estimated casualties
300Ksingle estimate · no range published
What happened
The Chola Dynasty under Raja Raja I and Rajendra I expanded naval forces and launched maritime expeditions against Srivijaya and other maritime powers. Chola naval superiority enabled control of trade routes. Maritime campaigns extended Chola influence from South India to Southeast Asia.
Why it mattered
Chola maritime dominance redirected Indian Ocean trade and established South Indian naval hegemony.
Belligerents3
- Chola Empire
- Pandya
- Chera
ON THE MAPChola Empire
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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