Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweMiddle Ages, Kedah yakava chikamu cheSrivijaya (simba guru mukutengeserana kweIndian Ocean). Ikoku kwakatungamirira kumakwikwi nehurumende dzeIndia, zvikurukuru Umambo hweChola kubva muzana ramakore rechi9 kusvikira ku13 C.E. VaChola vaiva nezvikepe zvine simba zvokutengeserana uye zvengarava muIndian Ocean neBay of Bengal. Mukutanga kwezana ramakore rechi 11, Mambo weTamil Chola Rajendra Chola I akatumira boka rekurwisa Kedah (Sri Vijaya) pachinzvimbo chemumwe wevatongi vayo vaitsvaga rubatsiro rwake kuti vawane chigaro cheumambo. Mauto eChola akabudirira kukunda humambo hweSrivijaya, vakabata nekupamba Kedah
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