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BARABUDURA AND ANANDA (Two out-side temples of India)
Parameshwar Solanki
The Malay Peninsula served as the main gate of the Indian Colonial expansion in the Far East. Perhaps Takua Pa was the first landing stage of the Indian traders. Even today persons of an Indian cast of features are common on the west coast near Takur Pa, while colonies of Brahmanas of Indian ancestry survive at Nakhou, Shri Dhammarat and Patalung and mark i he arrival of their ancestors from India by an overland route across the Malay Peninsula.
South Indian History records a big naval expedition, in this connection. The Chola king Rajendra crossed the Bay of Bengal and landed an army which conquered successively a number of feudal principalities in Sumātrā and Jāvā. Then crossing over to Malay
nsula he conquered the chief strongholds of the Shailendra empire which comprised the whole of Malay Peninsula, Jāvā, Sumātrā and may other neighbouring islands.
The Cholas were devotees of Shiva and the Great Rajaraja, father of the king Rajendra was a great builder and the famous temple at Tanjore, named after him as Rajarajeshvara still testifics to the glory of Chola art. But he was tolerant enough and he helped the Shailendra king of Jāvā. Māra vijayotunga Verma to costruct the Chūdāmani Verma Vihara in Nagapattam and the Chola king himself presented a village to the Vihara, while his son. King Rājendra undertook a maritime expedition against him and apparently forced bim to recognise Chola suzerainty.
Anyhow Shailendras were great power and they established their sway over nearly the whole of Suvarnadvīpa, comprising Malay Peninsula, Sumātrā, lāvā. Bali, Bornio and other islands of the East Indies. Ancestral home of the Shailendras was also India, but their migration obscure.
The Shailendra Empire is referred to by various Arab writers who designate it as Zābāj (ata) and describe its wealth and grandeur in glowing terms. The Zábäj is said to have been overlord of a large number of islands extending over a lengib of 1 000
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| SR No. | 524591 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 1997 04 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Parmeshwar Solanki |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 1997 |
| Total Pages | 216 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 9 MB |