Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaChola vakanga vari pakakwirira pesimba ravo kubva muhafu yokupedzisira yezana ramakore rechi 9 CE kusvikira pakuvamba kwezana ramakore rechi 13 CE. Mukutonga kwaRajaraja Chola I, nzvimbo dzeChola muSouth Asia dzakatambanuka kubva kuMaldives kusvika kumahombekombe erwizi rweGodavari muAndhra Pradesh. Pakati pa1010 na1153 CE, vatevedzeri vaRajaraja vakaramba vachiwedzera, zvichiita kuti Humambo hweChola huve simba remauto, hupfumi uye tsika muSouth neSouth-East Asia. Mukati menguva iyi, Navy yeChola yakabetsera kuwedzera umambo nehondo dzeNaval kuenda kuPala yePataliputra, pamwe neGanges neRwizi rwaNama.
Kupinda kwevaChola muSrivijaya (Indonesia yemazuva ano) muna 1025 CE, pamwe chete nenhume dzinodzokororwa kuChina. Mauto ehondo eChola akaderera muzana ramakore rechi13 apo maChola akarwa hondo dzevhu neChalukyas yenzvimbo yeAndhra-Kannada muSouth India, uye nekusimuka kweumambo hwePandyan.