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'''Colandia''' ({{lang-ta|சொழாந்தியம்}}) also '''kolandiapha, kolandiapha onta''', or '''kolandiaphonta'''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Coedès|first=George|title=The Indianized States of South-East Asia|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=1968|isbn=9780824803681}}</ref> was a kind of vessel, which was used by [[Early Chola]].<ref>"'''Periplus''' mentions 3 ports in Tamil country of which kaveripatnam as center, as the places from which great ships which calls '''colondia''' sailed to pacific islands" - K.M.Panikkar in "geographical factors in indian history", ப-81.</ref><ref>[http://www.google.co.in/#hl=en&q=colandia&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2238l6956l0l7953l8l8l0l0l0l0l1362l1362l7-1l1l0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=bks&source=og&sa=N&tab=wp&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=e120df0eaafdebbc&biw=1366&bih=646] ''The Colandia type of vessels were employed for voyages between the Coramandel coast on the one hand and the Gangetic delta and Khryse''</ref> Chola used two varieties of vessels. The first kind, known as the Sangara, including vessels both large and small. The second variety, called Colandia, were very large in size and these types of vessels were used for voyages to the [[Ganges]] and the [[Chryse (ancient Greek placename)|Chryse]], which was the name of various places occurring in ancient Greek geography. Also, the Chola had voyages from the ancient port [[Puhar, Nagapattinam|Puhar]] to [[Pacific Islands]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iDVuAAAAMAAJ&q=colandia&dq=colandia&hl=en&ei=lY2iTuL2DITQiALLwuVT&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ Two kind of vessels]</ref><ref>[http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-ENG/cha.htm Naval Warfare in ancient India by Prithwis Chandra Chakravarti]</ref>
'''Colandia''' ({{lang-ta|சொழாந்தியம்}}) also '''kolandiapha, kolandiapha onta''', or '''kolandiaphonta'''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Coedès|first=George|title=The Indianized States of South-East Asia|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=1968|isbn=9780824803681}}</ref> was a kind of vessel, which was used by [[Early Chola]].<ref>"'''Periplus''' mentions 3 ports in Tamil country of which kaveripatnam as center, as the places from which great ships which calls '''colondia''' sailed to pacific islands" - K.M.Panikkar in "geographical factors in indian history", ப-81.</ref><ref>[http://www.google.co.in/#hl=en&q=colandia&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2238l6956l0l7953l8l8l0l0l0l0l1362l1362l7-1l1l0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=bks&source=og&sa=N&tab=wp&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=e120df0eaafdebbc&biw=1366&bih=646] ''The Colandia type of vessels were employed for voyages between the Coramandel coast on the one hand and the Gangetic delta and Khryse''</ref> Chola used two varieties of vessels. The first kind, known as the Sangara, including vessels both large and small. The second variety, called Colandia, were very large in size and these types of vessels were used for voyages to the [[Ganges]] and the [[Chryse (ancient Greek placename)|Chryse]], which was the name of various places occurring in ancient Greek geography. Also, the Chola had voyages from the ancient port [[Puhar, Nagapattinam|Puhar]] to [[Pacific Islands]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iDVuAAAAMAAJ&q=colandia&dq=colandia&hl=en&ei=lY2iTuL2DITQiALLwuVT&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ Two kind of vessels]</ref><ref>[http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-ENG/cha.htm Naval Warfare in ancient India by Prithwis Chandra Chakravarti]</ref>
It is now generally accepted that rather than being an Indian name for an Indian vessel kolandiaphonta was a straightforward transcription of the Chinese term ''Kun-lun-po'', which refers to [[Indonesia|Indonesian]] vessel (see [[Jong (ship)|jong ship]]).<ref>J. Hornell, Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 7 1920. Part IV p. 215 – The Classes of Vessels Employed by Indians in Ancient Days Prior to Portuguese Maritime Dominance.</ref> The Sangara is likely to have been derived from an Indonesian twin-hulled design similar to some of the multi-hulled vessels in which mariners explored much of the Pacific.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dick-Read|first=Robert|date=July 2006|title=Indonesia and Africa: questioning the origins of some of Africa’s most famous icons|journal=The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa|volume=2|pages=23-45}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 15:34, 29 March 2023

History
Chola Flag
Name: Colandia, kolandiapha, kolandiapha onta, kolandiaphonta
Builder: Tamils
General characteristics
Type: Sailboat
Length: More than 50 m (164 feet)

Colandia (Tamil: சொழாந்தியம்) also kolandiapha, kolandiapha onta, or kolandiaphonta[1] was a kind of vessel, which was used by Early Chola.[2][3] Chola used two varieties of vessels. The first kind, known as the Sangara, including vessels both large and small. The second variety, called Colandia, were very large in size and these types of vessels were used for voyages to the Ganges and the Chryse, which was the name of various places occurring in ancient Greek geography. Also, the Chola had voyages from the ancient port Puhar to Pacific Islands.[4][5]

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  1. Coedès, George (1968). The Indianized States of South-East Asia. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824803681.
  2. "Periplus mentions 3 ports in Tamil country of which kaveripatnam as center, as the places from which great ships which calls colondia sailed to pacific islands" - K.M.Panikkar in "geographical factors in indian history", ப-81.
  3. [1] The Colandia type of vessels were employed for voyages between the Coramandel coast on the one hand and the Gangetic delta and Khryse
  4. Two kind of vessels
  5. Naval Warfare in ancient India by Prithwis Chandra Chakravarti

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