Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - The Chola dynasty (200<unk>1279) yakasvika pakakwirira pesvedzero yayo nesimba munguva yeMiddle Ages. Madzimambo Rajaraja Chola I (akatonga 985<unk>1014) naRajendra Chola I (akatonga 1012<unk>1044) vakawedzera umambo hweChola kupfuura miganhu yechinyakare. Pakukwirira kwazvo, Umambo hweChola hwakapararira kubva pachitsuwa cheSri Lanka kumaodzanyemba kusvikira kudziva reGodavari kuchamhembe. Umambo hwaiva kumahombekombe okumabvazuva kweIndia kusvikira kurwizi Ganges hwakagamuchira uchangamire hwaChola. Mauto ehondo avaChola akapinda muSrivijaya ndokukunda
uye Srivijaya rakanga riri umambo hukuru zvikurusa muMaritime Southeast Asia. Zvinhu uye pfungwa kubva kuIndia zvakatanga kutamba basa guru mu "Indianization" yenyika yakafara kubva panguva ino. VaChola vakakurumbira mukutengeserana kwokunze uye mubato wapagungwa, vachiwedzera pesvedzero yavo mhiri kwemakungwa kuChina neSoutheast Asia. Pakupera kwezana remakore rechi9, kumaodzanyemba kweIndia kwakanga kwava nebasa guru romugungwa uye rokutengeserana. VaChola, vari varidzi vemativi ose kumadokero nokumabvazuva kwemhenderekedzo dzegungwa dzeIndia, vakanga vari pamberi pamabasa aya. Dzinza raTang (618<unk>907) reChina, umambo hweSrivijaya muMaritime Southeast Asia pasi peSailendras, uye caliphate yeAbbasid muBaghdad ndivo vaiva vatengesi vakuru.