check out the chola references from page 11 onwards..
also is anyone in this group from indonesia, who would be able to check below info
We need to see if any of our friends from Indonesia, china can collaborate this info
By the time of the first five centuries of the common era, Indian traders actively participated in trade with the far east and established trading colonies in the siam ( Thailand), Cambodia, Vietnam and malay peninsula. They were accompanied by several kshatriya and brahmana immigrants who started establishing Indian styled monarchies in the region.
Most of the early brahminical colonies were localized in takua pa, nakhon sri and dhammarat in the peninusula.-
- before 400 AD the srivijaya kingdom was founded in the island of Sumatra by kshatriyas.
- before 500 AD the kshatriya Purnavarman founded a kingdom in western java.
- by around 600-700 AD Ksatriya Sanjaya founded a mighty kingdom in central java with mataram.
- By around mid 700s the shailendra empire rose in java who started one of the most remarkable series of conquests of the eastern indic potentials. They annexed all the pre existing indic states in Malaysia, java, Sumatra, bali, borneo and further islands of modern Indonesia. Subsequently they raided vietnam and Cambodia and established control over these regions for some time. Their empire known as suvarnadweepa established diplomatic relationships with the cholas and palas in India and with the emperor of china. They also built a university modeled after nalanda and kanchi in java. The great tantric deepankarshrigyana from Bengal studied there at some point.
- The shailendra emperor Amaravijayottungavarman, was a great ally of chola emperor rajaraja, who helped him with the contrustion of vihara in java.
- The shailendras fellout with the cholas after an apparent dispute over trade with china. This resulted in rajendra launching a massive amphibious assault on the shailendras. It resulted in a total route of shailendras with the cholas seizing the malay peninsula, java and Sumatra