Chola invasion of Srivijaya

Chola invasion of Srivijaya
	Part of South-East Asia campaign of Rajendra Chola I
	; Rajendra Chola's Territories c. 1030 AD
Date	1025–1026 AD
Location	Palembang (Sumatra) and Kedah (Malay Peninsula), Srivijaya
Result	Chola victory Chola influence in Srivijaya; Sangrama Vijayatunggavarman is captured; Dissolution of Srivijayan mandala;
Belligerents
Chola Empire	Srivijaya
Commanders and leaders
Rajendra I; Beemaseenan; Amarabujangan Divakara; Karunaakaran	Sangrama I (POW); Samara Vijayatunggavarman
Units involved
Chola Navy; Chola Army	Srivijaya Navy; Srivijaya Army

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 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.