Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I whakahaerehia e nga Cholas te rohe huri noa i te Bay of Bengal me Nagapattinam hei tauranga nui. I whai wāhi nui te ope moana Chola ki te whakaekenga o Sri Lanka. Na te angitu o Rajaraja i ahei tana tama a Rajendra Chola ki te arahi i te whakaekenga a Chola o Srivijaya
, te kawe i nga whakaekenga moana i te Tonga-rawhiti o Ahia me te noho poto ki Kadaram.