Chola Empire Invasion of Srivijaya Empire 

Hearing my native language Tamil in a video like this all of a sudden gives me goosebumps.... That too in such an old and pure form

OMG! The editing and even the languages match perfectly to each frames . Such an amazing job!!!

Most underrated Indian royal Dynasty with there empire stretching from peninsular India to south east asia , with such a formidable maritime power 🚩🙏

*proud about our granddad* !. long live his name.☺😁🐯. வாழ்க தமிழ்.வெல்க தமிழர். thanks for the content!

Definitely one of the greatest & most influential empires in history. Chola empire was glorious and Raj Raja Chola one of the greatest leaders ever.

Rajadhiraja Chola faced multi-front war from all directions. Wow!!! From the North - Western Chalukyas From the West - Cheras From the South - Pandiyas and Vijayabahu of Sri Lanka From the East - Srivijaya Damn! I wouldn't want to face such a nightmare war. And yet Cholas prevailed (albeit with a loss of territories) and managed to vanquish all enemies during Kulothunga Chola rule. Hats off!

The reason of why Cholas invaded Srivijaya is because of trade conflicts. It is important to note that Indonesian sources said the Chola Empire did not annex Srivijaya, and Indian people did not came to Indonesia as invaders or conquerors. The territories of Srivijaya was included within Rajendra Chola’s sphere of influence, but not as part of the Chola Empire itself. Throughout most of their shared history, ancient Bharat and Nusantara (old name for Indonesia) enjoyed friendly and peaceful relations, therefore this Indian invasion is a unique event in Asian history. In the 9th and 10th centuries, Srivijaya maintained close relations with the Pala Empire in Bengal, and an 860 CE the Nalanda inscriptiom records that Maharaja Balaputradewa of Srivijaya dedicated a monastery at the Nalanda Mahavihara in Pala territory. The relation between Srivijaya and the Chola Empire of southern India was friendly during the reign of Rajadiraja Chola I. In 1006 CE a Srivijayan Maharaja from Shailendran dynasty - king Maravijaya Tunggavarman constructed the Kudamani Vihara in the port town of Nagapattinam. Some Indonesian historian opined that the attack of Rajendra Chola to Srivijaya is a punishment for the Srivijaya harassing and oppressing Tamil immigrants and merchants in their territory with very high taxes. (This article detailed this opinion, but unfortunately it is in the Indonesian language Alasan Cola Serang Sriwijaya ) The Cholas sacked the Srivijaya Kingdom not because of expansionism but maritime rivalry. The Chola dynasty that ruled South India for a long time, engaged in naval expeditions in the late 10th and early 11th centuries in South Asia and Southeast Asia. While Hinduism and Buddhism spread in Southeast Asia much earlier, the Cholas came to focus on trade and maritime activities. It was just a matter of time before the Cholas military and naval expeditions followed. While the Cholas militarily expanded towards the Ganges River, it conquered Sri Lanka, considered part of South India by dispatching their navy. Before the Cholas, there were no military or naval expeditions in Southeast Asia, only cultural and religious. Unlike in India and Sri Lanka where there were attempts at expansionism, the Cholas under King Rajendra were not too keen to do likewise when it came to the Malay Archipelago. As far as the Malay Archipelago was concerned, the Cholas were merely interested in trade and maritime activities. They wanted free and fair trade, not with restrictions. As soon as the Cholas were engaged in trade and commerce in Southeast Asia, a maritime problem cropped up with the dominant Srivijaya Kingdom that controlled the seaways and land areas in Sumatra, West Coast of Peninsula Malaya and as far as the coast of Southern Thailand. The Srivijaya Kingdom was a vassal of China under the Sung Dynasty. Then China was a power to be reckoned with especially in the seas of Southeast Asia. The Srivijaya Kingdom recognised China’s status by giving it preeminent status as a maritime power. In order to please China, the Srivijaya Kingdom downgraded the status of an emerging power of India under the Cholas. It was a matter of time before unfair trade practices were imposed on the Chola ships including the imposition of unfair levy on their trade goods. This was not acceptable to the Cholas as they preferred equal treatment on par with China. In the end, failing to convince the Srivijaya authority, they were compelled to declare war. In and around 1023 AD, the Cholas invaded and sacked the Srivijaya Kingdom’s settlements along the coasts of the present-day Thailand, the West Coast of the Peninsula Malaya, including Kedah and Gangai Negara, the present day Beruas in Perak, the settlements as far down to the present-day Singapore and not to mention Palembang and other places on the island of Sumatra. Historical records indicate that the Cholas were in the region for 66 years. There was no expansion or control of territories, they came for a specific purpose, stayed for a while and left for India. History also says that even the state of Kedah or Kedaram was restored to its former ruler. It is wrong to say that Cholas was an expansionist or imperial power in regard to the Malay Archipelago. The main causes of conflict between the Chola and the Srivijaya are as follows:- 1. Srivijaya practiced naval trade monopoly that forced Tamil traders vessels that passed through their waters to call on their ports or otherwise being plundered. 2. Chola invasion of Srivijaya By King Rajendra Chola. 3. Rajendra Chola I after the successful naval raid in 1025 married Onang Kiu, the daughter of Vijayottunggavarman. 4.The peace deal was brokered by the exiled daughter of Vijayottunggavarman, who managed to escape Palembang and came to the court of King Airlangga in East Java.

Rajendra chola🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 kadaram kondan,gangai kondan,mummudi cholan,Siva patha segaran Army Soilders - 20,00,000 Calvary - 125,000 War elephant -60,000 Doctors -20000 Navy - 1000above And that time one on only powerful army in the world 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I am proud of my ancestor Srivijaya (I'm Visayan from the Philippines strongest and bravest tribe of the Philippines ^_^

Being a Andaman Tamilan proud of our great great grandfathers chola dynasty ruled concurred all over South East Asia 🌏 Raja Raja cholazn

According to Chinese accounts, there was indeed direct Chola administration over Srivijaya for at least 50 years. An inscription in a Taoist temple in Guangzhou, dated to 1079 CE, declares Kulottunga, King of Chulien (Chola) to be the supreme chief of the Land of San-fo-tsi (Srivijaya). Kulottunga Chola died in 1122.

When someone says “only Europeans are imperial” I’m going to send them this video

Dari sini kita paham klaim China soal laut Natuna Utara adalah klaim absurd 🤣,karena peguasa lautan disana dari Sriwijaya ,lalu beralih ke chola 🤣,masa seorang penjelajah seperti chengho yang hanya singgah sebentar dibilang pernah berkuasa disana 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Yes, modern Visayan people of the Phillipines are basically the descendants of the Srivijayan Empire from Sumatra...

Our ancestors was living life between wars now we are complaining about internet connection

I am Indonesian Muslim but my ancestors were Hindus. Whoever your kingdom but we Southeast Asians and South Asians are Hindus children. We are the children of Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma Even though today we are separated by religious differences, whether you are a Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim or Christian it doesn't matter most importantly we are brothers. My name is Dheni Setyawan But i think my name in sanskirt is Prabhu Dhanu SatyaWarMan प्रभु धनु सत्यवर्मन That is really cool Hahahaha

Wow this video gives a brief explanation of Srivijaya kingdom and how some nations appear from the war of some kingdoms. From Srivijaya to Majapahit (after that). Thank you from Indonesia. It's awesome

I don't think this video receives enough credit it deserves... Very underrated. Keep up the good work sir.

What a beautiful, artistic way of telling history! Now I will try to find a book to read more about the Chola empire!

Wuiih udah lama ndak liat postingan di sini. Selalu amazed! Kenapa produser dalam negeri ndak mau bikin film ginian.

8:51 Har Har Mahadev gives me goose bumps

Lihatlah Sriwijaya ...kerajaan di Nusantara ini ....yg persatukan kita bangsa nusantara....🙏

I am a Filipino 🇵🇭 of Cebuano (Visayan) ethnicity in Northern Cebu, Philippines 🇵🇭 Daghang salamat kaninyo tanan

Sriwijaya was a federation. Most of chola hit located in the now days Malaysian territory. They even installed some chola into the royalty, that is why we got a "raja chulan" title. A title that unknown in the Indonesian part of territory.

Tamil was the Lingua Franca of the maritime trade of the entire southern hemisphere for thousands of years. You have Tamil merchant guild's stone inscription scattered all over SEA and pot spread with Tamil names at red sea port. If you don't believe Google Tamil inscriptions in Myanmar, Thailand (gold touch stone tamil inscription), Thai King coronation ceremony by reciting Tamil திருவெம்பாவை, Indonesian inscriptions , combodia temple inscription , Vietnam Tamil inscriptions , ghengis khan grant Tamil temple inscription to name a few.

The best navy in this world was only in the hands of the Cholas.🔥❤️

Watching with full of tears,my cholla empire how great was they are at the that time,but now their decendants of now the last cholla king living like nothing now so sad🙏😓

Imagine if we still had the ancient cultures and nations but with modern technology. Would be so much cooler.

Wow, thanks for your effort in compiling this awesome clips of video and summarize the long history of the Nusantara!

Saya bisa memahami peristiwa tersebut dan jadikan pembelajaran berharga bagi generasi berikutnya, agar tidak melupakan siapa jati diri kita berasal...

Instead of wasting money on useless masala movies and losing money Indian directors much consider of making a movie on chola conquest of srivijaya

My ancestors were sailors(the first human to successfull Circumnavigate the earth, he is Enrique moluccas(maluku Island),they were great, greetings from East far, hind/srandep, swarna dwipa, java dwipa(atala)lemuria,varuna dwipa, sula dwipa nusantara Indonesia... Is a wonderland... The motherland of the world and universe.

So cholas actually conquered most northern part of southeast Asia

love how u mixed seemingly random Tamil, Sinhalese and Malay(?) movies, as well as voiceclips from AoE 2 (lol😂) into a good historical documentary keep up the good work 🤎

I loved you work man, நன்றி

Nusantara(Indonesia) aku sangat mencintai negriku, dahulu Indonesia di sebut Nusantara, pasti kalian tidak tahu bagi yang bukan orang Indonesia

Luarbiasa..paduan film..Rajendra cola..yg menyerang Sriwijaya..entah apa penyebabnya...dn inilah penyebab Sriwijaya kemudian mengalami kemunduran.

This is very interesting! I should read more from this story later... Thank you for the best editing!

This was a really well-composed video, seeing all the different regions join the scene.

Raja raja Chozhan and Rajendra Chozhan are great kings 🔥🔥. Proud to be a Tamilan

Founder of Navy.... Indian Ocean King 👑🔥🔥.... rajendra chola the great....

The Chola invaded and beat The Srivijava but TBH it was past of the golden era of Srivijava. At its peak Srivijava controlled vast area including some part of Southern Thailand and The Phillippines, by controlled i mean being The Big Bro who guard the peace and safety of region especially from pirates attack. Srivijava itself survived for nearly millenial before completely annexed by Majapahit, so Srivijava can be said as The First Hegemone of Southeast Asia.

great video as always! btw , can u do a video about the Bagan kingdom , from its rise to its fall? thanks and cheers.

as a javaneese, i can confirm that the medang king is speaking gibberish

Srivijaya is Sriwijaya Kingdom located in Sumatera Island, South Sumatera Province, Indonesia, Palembang is the capital city there. I'm from there, need to watch this movie, where I can find this full movie?

I love your shows. They portray the history of a region we in the West rarely find out about. Your production values are outstanding; the historical knowledge you impart, nonpareil. I have one request. You give a map study of the situation in the first few minutes of the show. Thereafter, we are adrift in a sea of five- and six- syllable kings' names, races, cities, nations and states at war and at peace with one another, familiar to your native audience, unfamiliar to us in the West. More detailed maps in each show, intermittently, please!

Sriwijaya sangat lemah, hingga mudah di kalahkan chola.

Greatest navy any Hindu or anyone from Indian ocean had was the Chola navy between 10th and 12th century

Sejarah ini menceritakan perang hindu vs budha. Setelah srivijaya kalah, negara bawahannya langsung merdeka. Orang srivijaya adalah orang austranesia. Srivijaya adalah pusat pembelajaran agama budha. Hindu dan chola sangat cemburu dengan kekayaan kerajaan srivijaya dan agama budha. Sekian terima kasih

Wah lupanya sejarah seriwijaya ada disini juga salam dari palembang lor😍

I like the way you compile various kingdom movie into one vid. So simply to watch the of history

Proud to be a tamilian from Thanjavur chola place

Glad as South East Asian, knowing our region was very rich in history and culture

In Nalanda India inscription discovered by Hirananda Shastri in 1921 in the anteroom of the Nalanda Monastery, Bihar-India. This inscription describes king Devapaladeva from the Palla Kingdom (Bengala- India) who has granted Sri Maharaja's request from Swarnadvipa (Sriwijaya) to build a Buddhist monastery in Nalanda. In addition, there is a statement that five villages in Calcutta-India are exempt from taxes for the purposes of the Buddhist mission of the Srivijaya Kingdom in India. This inscription dates to 860, from the interpretation of the manuscript mentions Sri Maharaja in Suwarnadwipa, Balaputradewa son of Samaragrawira, grandson of Śailendravamsatilaka (mustika of the Śailendra family) with the nickname Śrīviravairimathana (killer of enemy heroes), Javanese king who married Tārā, son of Dharmasetu. This inscription is in Sanskrit and is written in Pallawa script. The following is the translation of the contents of the Nalanda Inscription according to Cœdes: "We were asked by the illustrious Maharaja Balaputradeva, king Suwarnadvipa through a courier arranged by me to build a monastery at Nalanda which this decree granted to dedicate to the blessed Buddha, the abode of all the great virtues such as prajnaparamita, for worship, offerings, knowledge , shelter, alms, bed, needs of the sick like medicine; There is a kind-hearted king who comes from Suwarnadwipa(Sumatra) named Balaputradewa from the Sailendra dynasty who is a Buddhist descendant of Wirawairimathana who helped spread Buddhism in Nalanda India. Sriwijaya and Sailendra Buddhists helped spread Buddhism at Nalanda University in India but here it is said that the Cholas attacked Sriwijaya instead????

Rajendra chola 🔥

Chola history powerful 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Woww ❤kerajaan indonesia/nusantara adalah yang terhebat❤ aku dari suku jawa bangga menjadi rakyat indonesia❤ ... sungguh indah negeriku ❤ Untuk admin kontenya bagus dengan pengambilan gambar yang terasa nyata klo dibuat film mungkin ini akan jadi film favorit q 😂

Excellent video, really appreciate the effort taken and please Indonesian people and others also should watch a new Tamil language movie has come out PONIYAN SELVAN-part1 on chola dynasty , with mixed fictional novel and very true legacy about the chola empire.

As a Filipino, the last part where Datu Puti and other 9 rulers arrived on the islands that would become the Philippines. 🇵🇭

Rich heritage of Hinduism and Buddhism in South India and South east Asia can be seen. Imagine the South Indian Cholas colonising and plundering the wealth of South East Asia then. Great fightback from the South East Asians too. The British they say have probably plundered more from India and South East Asia, but nobody talks about the Indian super power who plundered South East Asia back then.

Amazing work adding the AOE 2 sounds! Love it!

Bang coba buat tentang serangan balasan sriwijaya ke chola ke daerah selatan india sama sri lanka yang menjadi salah satu faktor runtuhnya kerjaan chola,pasti seru tuh banyak yang nonton

Proud to be a cholan

Proud to be a Visayan.I am glad to hear my native bisaya dialect at the last part from 9 datus.

Terimakasih sudah diberitahu, saya bangga menjadi bagian dari bumi Sriwijaya, dari video ternyata ibukota Sriwijaya adalah palembang😊

fantastic documentary ❤❤❤

Man, PRC claiming most of South China Sea through their 9 dash line and ROC through their 11 dash line, applying the logic of "belonging to China since ancient times", I think Tamils and India now should also apply the same logic to claim most of the eastern Indian Ocean and entirety of Malacca strait as ours lol giving the same logic "since ancient times" lol. (Before anyone gets offended, this is a sarcastic comment highlighting the ridiculousness of the "since ancient times" logic, that PRC often uses to claim territories of other countries)

Kisah negara negara berperang di wilayah samudra Hindia. Bisa buat game ini kayak total war, apa jenis Shin sangoku jidai.

Thank you so much. Congrats your hardwork

Nusantara (Indonesia new) Konsep alam Melayu 🇱🇷(dream)

If only they would have traded fairly..Too bad! The wrath of Cholas was too powerful.

We indeed really need a time machine to see the truth about the past.

Saya Senang Bersejarah KEDAH Sejak Zaman Pahlawan KEDAH Antara Berdarah Antara Pasti Bangsa MELAYU KEDAH

I was just wondering, how communications was done during those warring days? Chola's official language was Middle Tamil, Srivijaya's was Old Malay, and Kahuripan's was Old Javanese. These are vastly different languages (sure, Malay and Javanese are sibling Austronesian languages but the difference is quite big). Surely there must be communiques detailing diplomatic attempt to resolve conflict, or diplomatic attempt to confirm surrender. Was it done in Sanskrit, the substrate language in all three languages, I wonder?

o wow you still alive

Why are Indian and South Eastern soldiers are shown without armours when they had world best metelurgy? Why west always shows us that uncivilized when we were alot higher then them in technology

Amazing editing man💥💥💥 voices are also match perfectly

Prof sejarah gak ada obat nih... lanjutken min...

Federation of Srivijaya 🇲🇨🇲🇾🇸🇬🇧🇳🇵🇭

I also so proud with my ancestor Khmer Empire 🇰🇭

There wasn't any budhha in 1000 year's ago because he born 200 year later in a hindu family and he was a avatar of Narayan.

Certain people are very proud to be descended from Srivijaya but it seems they are ashamed to admit that they are of Hindu descent and think their ancestors are all from the Middle East hahaha

one day, India will rule Asia again, Jai Hind

Kalo sejarah jalur sutra di sekitar selat malaka dijadikan film pasti seru

What a great history film....

8:47 to 10:22 pure goosebumps !!! 😊😊🔥🔥🔥

Thanjavurrrr 🔥.. Goosebumps 🔥🔥

Proud be a traditional Hindu தமிழ் தமிழன் INDIAN 😇

crazy how they manage to find all of these movies, especially the one from indonesia are as old as 1980s

Gambaran perdagangan zaman dulu sampai ke politik tiap kerajaan di wilayah asia. Potongan dari beberapa film. Luar biasa...

How much historical documents you need to watch to get that much historical screen represent different cultures？ 😂

Cholan da...... 🔥

Barus is currently a small town in what is now Central Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra Province.

what a beautiful film collaboration, I am so amazed

After watching this video South India was the true pride of Hindus.

Indian kings were praised by the north Indian historians and they fight in land only. The Chola emperors with a massive naval forces traveled up to present Malaysia, Indonesia and defeated that kingdoms.

Southern India was much more richer than whole middle east. Here they are showing wrong dresses of South Indians.

chola dinasti itu adalah legasi dr angkola (raja kola)/qolamani/cholamani/cudamani/sulamani/sleman yaitu raja sriwijaya 1000 tahun yg lalu. jd pada saat itu mereka bukan dua kedaulatan yg terpisah (lihat prasasti leiden, nagapatinam, ravicula manickam dll). termasuk kerajaan medang/mataram kuno (seharusnya dibaca "menang" berdasarkan prasasti dinoyo, nagapatinam dan pucangan. jika dibaca menang maka juga akan linear dgn kata jaya dan derivatnya, yaitu kata jawa.)

zamn, world before indutrial era sure are epic

Zaman segitu Sriwijaya dan Khmer lagi jaya jaya nya Thailand blm ada