Pada tahun [[1025 di India|1025]], [[Rajendra Chola]], Raja [[Chola]] dari [[Tamil Nadu]] di [[India Selatan]], melancarkan serangan laut terhadap pelabuhan [[Sriwijaya]] di [[Asia Tenggara maritimMaritim]],<ref name="Munoz">{{cite book |last=Munoz|first=Paul Michel|title=Early Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Peninsula|publisher=Editions Didier Millet|year=2006|location=Singapore|url=http://books.google.co.id/books/about/Early_kingdoms_of_the_Indonesian_archipe.html?id=NqwuAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y |doi= |pages=|isbn= 981-4155-67-5}}</ref> anddan conqueredmenaklukkan [[Kedah|Kadaram]] (modernKedah Kedahkini) fromdari Srivijaya andSriwijaya occupieddan itmendudukinya forselama somebeberapa timewaktu. 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 [[Malaysia]] and [[Indonesia]] were invaded by [[Rajendra Chola I]] of the [[Chola dynasty]].<ref>Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia by Hermann Kulke,K Kesavapany,Vijay Sakhuja p.170</ref><ref>Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India by Moti Chandra p.214</ref>