
The Great Chola Raid of 1025
As punishment for piracy in Malacca Strait a thousand years ago, a Hindu emperor stages an impressive raid from India to Sumatra.
Useful linksĀ
Marco Ramerini’s excellent colonial history website
Author, historian, voyager; my mate Ian Burnet
Want to tour the Spice Islands by boat?
Moleiro Antique map & atlas facsimiles
The UK Ordnance Society for artillery
The Hakuyt Society; a broad series of historic accounts

As punishment for piracy in Malacca Strait a thousand years ago, a Hindu emperor stages an impressive raid from India to Sumatra.

One of the oldest colonial forts of Asia has survived centuries of conflict and earthquakes.