Colandia

History
Chola Dynasty
Name: Colandia
Builder: Chola Navy
General characteristics
Type: Sailboat

Colandia (Tamil: சொழாந்தியம்) was a kind of vessel, which was used by Early Chola.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ The Colandia type of vessels were employed for voyages between the Coramandel coast on the one hand and the Gangetic delta and Khryse
  3. ↑ Two kind of vessels
  4. ↑ Naval Warfare in ancient India by Prithwis Chandra Chakravarti
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