Chola invasion of Srivijaya

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In 1025 AD, the Chola Emperor Rajendra I launched naval invasions on Srivijaya in Maritime Southeast Asia, leading to the fall of the Sailendra dynasty of Srivijaya. Rajendra's overseas expedition against Srivijaya was a unique event in India's history and its otherwise peaceful relations with the states of Southeast Asia. Several places in present-day Indonesia and the Malay Peninsula were invaded by Rajendra I of the Chola dynasty. The invasion furthered the expansion of Tamil merchant associations such as the Manigramam, Ayyavole and Ainnurruvar into Southeast Asia. The Chola invasion also coincided with return voyage of the great Bengali Buddhist scholar Atiśa (c. 982–1054) from Sumatra to India and Tibet in 1025.

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