Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Cholas sun kasance a tsayin ikon su daga rabin rabin karni na 9 CE ta farkon karni na 13 CE. A karkashin Rajaraja Chola I (mulkin ), yankunan Chola a Kudancin Asiya sun tashi daga Maldives zuwa gabar kogin Godavari a Andhra Pradesh. Tsakanin 1010 da 1153 CE, magajin Rajaraja ya ci gaba da faɗaɗa, yana mai da Daular Chola ta zama ƙarfin soja, tattalin arziki da al'adu a Kudancin da Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya. A wannan lokacin, Sojojin ruwan Chola sun taimaka wajen fadada daular tare da tafiye-tafiyen jiragen ruwa zuwa Pala na Pataliputra, tare da Ganges da kuma
Chola mamaye Srivijaya (Indonesia ta yanzu) a cikin 1025 CE, da kuma jakadu da yawa zuwa China. Sojojin ruwan Chola sun ragu a karni na 13 lokacin da Cholas suka yi yaƙe-yaƙe da Chalukyas na yankin Andhra-Kannada a Kudancin Indiya, kuma tare da hauhawar daular Pandyan.