9 ANJUVANNAM: A Maritime Trade Guild of Medieval Times

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FOREWORD vii
4. MESSAGE ix
5. PREFACE xi
6. INTRODUCTION xiii
7. THE CONTRIBUTORS xxi
8. 1 THE NAVAL EXPEDITIONS OF THE CHOLAS IN THE CONTEXT OF ASIAN HISTORY 1
9. 2 MEDIEVAL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AS REVEALED FROM CHINESE CERAMIC-SHERDS AND SOUTH INDIAN AND SRI LANKAN INSCRIPTIONS 20
10. 3 THE MILITARY CAMPAIGNS OF RAJENDRA CHOLA AND THE CHOLA-SRIVIJAYA-CHINA TRIANGLE 61
11. 4 RAJENDRA CHOLA I’S NAVAL EXPEDITION TO SOUTHEAST ASIA: A Nautical Perspective 76
12. 5 A NOTE ON THE NAVY OF THE CHOLA STATE 91
13. 6 EXCAVATION AT GANGAIKONDACHOLAPURAM, THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL OF RAJENDRA CHOLA, AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE 96
14. 7 NEW PERSPECTIVES ON NAGAPATTINAM: The Medieval Port City in the Context of Political, Religious, and Commercial Exchanges between South India, Southeast Asia, and China 102
15. 8 SOUTH INDIAN MERCHANT GUILDS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIA 135
16. 9 ANJUVANNAM: A Maritime Trade Guild of Medieval Times 158
17. 10 RAJENDRA CHOLA’S NAVAL EXPEDITION AND THE CHOLA TRADE WITH SOUTHEAST AND EAST ASIA 168
18. 11 CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CHOLA MARITIME FABRIC TRADE WITH SOUTHEAST ASIA 178
19. 12 SRI LANKA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA DURING THE PERIOD OF THE POLONNARUVA KINGDOM 193
20. 13 INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: South Indian Cultural Links with Indonesia 208
21. 14 RAJENDRA CHOLA’S INVASION AND THE RISE OF AIRLANGGA 227
22. 15 RETHINKING COMMUNITY: The Indic Carvings of Quanzhou 240
23. APPENDIX I. Ancient and Medieval Tamil and Sanskrit Inscriptions Relating to Southeast Asia and China 271
24. APPENDIX II Chinese Texts Describing or Referring to the Chola Kingdom as Zhu-nian 292
25. INDEX 317