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Chola Navy

The Cholas did not have a standing navy in the modern sense. The maritime force of Cholas was formed by using ships used for trade, as they did not have a dedicated ship for naval combat. The ships were used for transporting the land army overseas.[1]: 251 [2]: 77 [3]

Chola Navy
CountryChola Empire
AllegianceChola Dynasty
TypeNaval Force
Part ofChola military
Commanders
Ceremonial chiefChola Emperor (Chakravarthy) – notably, Rajaraja I and Rajendra I

The Cholas were at the height of their power from the latter half of the 9th century CE through the early 13th century CE.[4]: 5  Between 1010 and 1153 CE, Rajaraja's successors continued the expansion, making the Chola Empire a military, economic and cultural power in South and South-East Asia.[3]: 215  During this period, the Chola Navy helped expand the empire with Naval expeditions to the Pala of Pataliputra, along the Ganges and the Chola invasion of Srivijaya (present-day Indonesia) in 1025 CE,[5]: 61  as well as repeated embassies to China.[4]: 158  The Chola Navy declined in the 13th century when the Cholas fought land battles with the Chalukyas of Andhra-Kannada area in South India, and with the rise of the Pandyan dynasty.[4]: 175 

History

Imperial Chola period (848–1070 CE)

Rajaraja I and Rajendra I

Under Rajaraja Chola I and his son Rajendra Chola I, the dynasty became a military, economic and cultural power in Asia.[6]: 115 [3]: 215  Rajaraja Chola conquered peninsular South India, annexed parts of Sri Lanka and occupied the islands of the northernmost atolls of the Maldives.[3]: 215  Rajendra Chola sent a victorious expedition to North India that touched the river Ganges and defeated the Pala ruler of Pataliputra, Mahipala. He also raided kingdoms of Maritime Southeast Asia.[a][7]: 211–220 [5]: 61 

An inscription from Sirkazhi, dated to 1187 CE, mentions a naval officer called Araiyan Kadalkolamitantaan alias Amarakon Pallavaraiyan. He is mentioned as the Tandalnayagam of the Karaippadaiyilaar. The term Karaippadaiyilaar means "forces or army of the seashore" and the title Tandalnayagam is similar to Dandanayaka and means "commander of the forces". The title Kadalkolamitantaan means "one who floated while the sea was engulfed".[8]: 92–93 

Trade, commerce, and diplomacy

The Cholas excelled in foreign trade and maritime activity, extending their influence overseas to China and Southeast Asia.[6]: 116–117  A fragmentary Tamil inscription found in Sumatra cites the name of a merchant guild Nanadesa Tisaiyayirattu Ainnutruvar (literally, "the five hundred from the four countries and the thousand directions"), a famous merchant guild in the Chola country.[6]: 118  The inscription is dated 1088, indicating that there was an active overseas trade during the Chola period.[6]: 117 

Towards the end of the 9th century, southern India had developed extensive maritime and commercial activity, especially with the Chinese and Arabs.[6]: 12, 118  The Cholas, being in possession of parts of both the west and the east coasts of peninsular India, were at the forefront of these ventures.[6]: 124 [9]: 465, 477  The Tang dynasty of China, the Srivijaya empire in the Malayan archipelago under the Sailendras, and the Abbasid caliphate at Baghdad were the main trading partners.[7]: 604 

Cooperation with the Chinese

Chinese Song Dynasty reports record that an embassy from Chulian (Chola) reached the Chinese court in the year 1077,[6]: 117 [3]: 223  and that the king of the Chulien at the time was called Ti-hua-kia-lo.[7]: 316  It is possible that these syllables denote "Deva Kulo[tunga]" (Kulothunga Chola I). This embassy was a trading venture and was highly profitable to the visitors, who returned with "81,800 strings of copper coins in exchange for articles of tributes, including glass articles, and spices".[b][4]: 173 

Vessels and weapons

Very little information about Chola ships has survived. Because of this, the technique used for naval battles and how the battles were fought is unknown. R.C. Majumdar argues that the naval battles fought by Chola are basically land battles fought on ships, and the ships used were transports used for transporting the army.[1]: 251  It is also possible that the Cholas did not fight naval battles—the battles were fought on land. Despite their maritime connection, the Cholas left no traces of maritime or ship-related iconography, unlike the earlier Sathavahanas, Salankayanas, Kurumbas, and Pallavas.[10]: 2–4 

Rajendra Chola's inscriptions mentioned the term kalam, which is a usual term for a ship. Tamil inscription of 1088 from Barus, Sumatra, dated 1088 CE mentioned marakkalam (timber ship). The size of the ship and where it was constructed are unknown. A Tamil inscription of about 1200/1256 CE from Krishnapattinam, on the Andhra coast, mentioned several sea vessels: There are marakkalam, toni, kalavam, vedi, and padavu. Their size is not recorded, Y. Subbarayalu thinks that the marakkalam may have been the biggest since it was mentioned first, and it may be about 4 times bigger than padavu since it was charged 4 times the charge on padavu. The toni (also pronounced as dhony) was charged the same amount as marakkalam, but according to Subbarayalu they may be smaller than marakkalam in size. The dhony continued operating in the 19th century, plying the routes between Sri Lanka and Madras (Chennai). The dhony was 70 feet (21.34 m) long, 20 feet (6.10 m) wide, 12 feet (3.66 m) deep, with no decks, and had one mast.[8]: 93–94 

Campaigns

Chola military campaigns late 10th and early 11th centuries were in fact plundering raids. This is done to ensure the entry of spoils, which can be in the form of livestock, jewelry, and other forms of property.[11]: 405, 407 

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The kadaram campaign is first mentioned in Rajendra's inscriptions dating from his 14th year. The name of the Srivijaya king was Sangrama Vijayatungavarman. – K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, The CōĻas, pp 211–220
  2. ^ "The Tamil merchants took glassware, camphor, sandalwood, rhinoceros horns, ivory, rose water, asafoetida, spices such as pepper, cloves, etc."K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, A History of South India, p 173

References

  1. ^ a b Majumdar, Romesh Chandra (2001). The History and Culture of the Indian People, Volume V: The Struggle for Empire. Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
  2. ^ Sakhuja, Vijay; Sakhuja, Sangeeta (2009). "Rajendra Chola I's Naval Expedition to Southeast Asia: A Nautical Perspective". In Kulke, Hermann; Kesavapany, K.; Sakhuja, Vijay (eds.). Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 76–90. ISBN 978-981-230-937-2.
  3. ^ a b c d e Keay, John (2011), India - A History, Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, ISBN 978-0-8021-9550-0.
  4. ^ a b c d Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta (1955). A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. Oxford University Press.
  5. ^ a b Sen, Tansen (2009). "The Military Campaigns of Rajendra Chola and the Chola-Srivija-China Triangle". In Kulke, Hermann; Kesavapany, K.; Sakhuja, Vijay (eds.). Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: Reflections on the chola naval expeditions to Southeast Asia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 61–75. ISBN 978-981-230-937-2.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Kulke, Hermann; Rothermund, Dietmar (2004). A History of India. Berlin: Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1138961159.
  7. ^ a b c Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta (1935). The CōĻas. University of Madras.
  8. ^ a b Subbarayalu, Y. (2009). "A Note on the Navy of the Chola State". In Kulke, Hermann; Kesavapany, K.; Sakhuja, Vijay (eds.). Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 91–95. ISBN 978-981-230-937-2.
  9. ^ Tripati, Sila (2006). Ships on Hero Stones from the West Coast of India (PDF). International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. Vol. 35. pp. 88–96. doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.2005.00081.x. S2CID 162192060.
  10. ^ Rao, K.V. Ramakrishna (2007). The Shipping Technology of Cholas (PDF). 27th Annual South Indian History Congress. pp. 326–345.
  11. ^ Spencer, George W. (1976). "The Politics of Plunder: The Cholas in Eleventh-Century Ceylon". The Journal of Asian Studies. 35 (3): 405–419. doi:10.2307/2053272. ISSN 0021-9118. JSTOR 2053272. S2CID 154741845.

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reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Chola Navy news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The Cholas did not have a standing navy in the modern sense The maritime force of Cholas was formed by using ships used for trade as they did not have a dedicated ship for naval combat The ships were used for transporting the land army overseas 1 251 2 77 3 Chola NavyCountryChola EmpireAllegianceChola DynastyTypeNaval ForcePart ofChola militaryCommandersCeremonial chiefChola Emperor Chakravarthy notably Rajaraja I and Rajendra I The Cholas were at the height of their power from the latter half of the 9th century CE through the early 13th century CE 4 5 Between 1010 and 1153 CE Rajaraja s successors continued the expansion making the Chola Empire a military economic and cultural power in South and South East Asia 3 215 During this period the Chola Navy helped expand the empire with Naval expeditions to the Pala of Pataliputra along the Ganges and the Chola invasion of Srivijaya present day Indonesia in 1025 CE 5 61 as well as repeated embassies to China 4 158 The Chola Navy declined in the 13th century when the Cholas fought land battles with the Chalukyas of Andhra Kannada area in South India and with the rise of the Pandyan dynasty 4 175 Contents 1 History 1 1 Imperial Chola period 848 1070 CE 1 1 1 Rajaraja I and Rajendra I 2 Trade commerce and diplomacy 2 1 Cooperation with the Chinese 3 Vessels and weapons 4 Campaigns 5 See also 6 Notes 7 ReferencesHistory EditMain article Chola Dynasty Imperial Chola period 848 1070 CE Edit See also Medieval Cholas Rajaraja I and Rajendra I Edit Chola territorial extent c 1030 CE under Rajendra I c 1055 CE under Rajendra II c 1065 CE under Virarajendra Chola Under Rajaraja Chola I and his son Rajendra Chola I the dynasty became a military economic and cultural power in Asia 6 115 3 215 Rajaraja Chola conquered peninsular South India annexed parts of Sri Lanka and occupied the islands of the northernmost atolls of the Maldives 3 215 Rajendra Chola sent a victorious expedition to North India that touched the river Ganges and defeated the Pala ruler of Pataliputra Mahipala He also raided kingdoms of Maritime Southeast Asia a 7 211 220 5 61 An inscription from Sirkazhi dated to 1187 CE mentions a naval officer called Araiyan Kadalkolamitantaan alias Amarakon Pallavaraiyan He is mentioned as the Tandalnayagam of the Karaippadaiyilaar The term Karaippadaiyilaar means forces or army of the seashore and the title Tandalnayagam is similar to Dandanayaka and means commander of the forces The title Kadalkolamitantaan means one who floated while the sea was engulfed 8 92 93 Trade commerce and diplomacy EditThe Cholas excelled in foreign trade and maritime activity extending their influence overseas to China and Southeast Asia 6 116 117 A fragmentary Tamil inscription found in Sumatra cites the name of a merchant guild Nanadesa Tisaiyayirattu Ainnutruvar literally the five hundred from the four countries and the thousand directions a famous merchant guild in the Chola country 6 118 The inscription is dated 1088 indicating that there was an active overseas trade during the Chola period 6 117 Towards the end of the 9th century southern India had developed extensive maritime and commercial activity especially with the Chinese and Arabs 6 12 118 The Cholas being in possession of parts of both the west and the east coasts of peninsular India were at the forefront of these ventures 6 124 9 465 477 The Tang dynasty of China the Srivijaya empire in the Malayan archipelago under the Sailendras and the Abbasid caliphate at Baghdad were the main trading partners 7 604 Cooperation with the Chinese Edit Chinese Song Dynasty reports record that an embassy from Chulian Chola reached the Chinese court in the year 1077 6 117 3 223 and that the king of the Chulien at the time was called Ti hua kia lo 7 316 It is possible that these syllables denote Deva Kulo tunga Kulothunga Chola I This embassy was a trading venture and was highly profitable to the visitors who returned with 81 800 strings of copper coins in exchange for articles of tributes including glass articles and spices b 4 173 Vessels and weapons Edit Left Kurumbas or Pallava coin of the Coromandel coast showing a two masted ship like the modern coasting vessel or d honi Right Andhra coin from Eastern Indian coast showing a two masted ship ca 1st 3rd century CE Sketch of a ship based on a mural in Ajanta Caves ca 6th century Very little information about Chola ships has survived Because of this the technique used for naval battles and how the battles were fought is unknown R C Majumdar argues that the naval battles fought by Chola are basically land battles fought on ships and the ships used were transports used for transporting the army 1 251 It is also possible that the Cholas did not fight naval battles the battles were fought on land Despite their maritime connection the Cholas left no traces of maritime or ship related iconography unlike the earlier Sathavahanas Salankayanas Kurumbas and Pallavas 10 2 4 Rajendra Chola s inscriptions mentioned the term kalam which is a usual term for a ship Tamil inscription of 1088 from Barus Sumatra dated 1088 CE mentioned marakkalam timber ship The size of the ship and where it was constructed are unknown A Tamil inscription of about 1200 1256 CE from Krishnapattinam on the Andhra coast mentioned several sea vessels There are marakkalam toni kalavam vedi and padavu Their size is not recorded Y Subbarayalu thinks that the marakkalam may have been the biggest since it was mentioned first and it may be about 4 times bigger than padavu since it was charged 4 times the charge on padavu The toni also pronounced as dhony was charged the same amount as marakkalam but according to Subbarayalu they may be smaller than marakkalam in size The dhony continued operating in the 19th century plying the routes between Sri Lanka and Madras Chennai The dhony was 70 feet 21 34 m long 20 feet 6 10 m wide 12 feet 3 66 m deep with no decks and had one mast 8 93 94 Campaigns EditChola military campaigns late 10th and early 11th centuries were in fact plundering raids This is done to ensure the entry of spoils which can be in the form of livestock jewelry and other forms of property 11 405 407 See also EditChola dynasty Chola military Dravidian architectureNotes Edit The kadaram campaign is first mentioned in Rajendra s inscriptions dating from his 14th year The name of the Srivijaya king was Sangrama Vijayatungavarman K A Nilakanta Sastri The CōLas pp 211 220 The Tamil merchants took glassware camphor sandalwood rhinoceros horns ivory rose water asafoetida spices such as pepper cloves etc K A Nilakanta Sastri A History of South India p 173References Edit a b Majumdar Romesh Chandra 2001 The History and Culture of the Indian People Volume V The Struggle for Empire Mumbai Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Sakhuja Vijay Sakhuja Sangeeta 2009 Rajendra Chola I s Naval Expedition to Southeast Asia A Nautical Perspective In Kulke Hermann Kesavapany K Sakhuja Vijay eds Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies pp 76 90 ISBN 978 981 230 937 2 a b c d e Keay John 2011 India A History Open Road Grove Atlantic ISBN 978 0 8021 9550 0 a b c d Sastri K A Nilakanta 1955 A History of South India From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar Oxford University Press a b Sen Tansen 2009 The Military Campaigns of Rajendra Chola and the Chola Srivija China Triangle In Kulke Hermann Kesavapany K Sakhuja Vijay eds Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa Reflections on the chola naval expeditions to Southeast Asia Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies pp 61 75 ISBN 978 981 230 937 2 a b c d e f g Kulke Hermann Rothermund Dietmar 2004 A History of India Berlin Psychology Press ISBN 978 1138961159 a b c Sastri K A Nilakanta 1935 The CōLas University of Madras a b Subbarayalu Y 2009 A Note on the Navy of the Chola State In Kulke Hermann Kesavapany K Sakhuja Vijay eds Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies pp 91 95 ISBN 978 981 230 937 2 Tripati Sila 2006 Ships on Hero Stones from the West Coast of India PDF International Journal of Nautical Archaeology Vol 35 pp 88 96 doi 10 1111 j 1095 9270 2005 00081 x S2CID 162192060 Rao K V Ramakrishna 2007 The Shipping Technology of Cholas PDF 27th Annual South Indian History Congress pp 326 345 Spencer George W 1976 The Politics of Plunder The Cholas in Eleventh Century Ceylon The Journal of Asian Studies 35 3 405 419 doi 10 2307 2053272 ISSN 0021 9118 JSTOR 2053272 S2CID 154741845 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chola Navy amp oldid 1133845914, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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