Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga kwenguva yeMiddle Ages, Kedah yakava rutivi rweSrivijaya (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) achimiririra mumwe wevatongi vayo vaitsvaga rubatsiro rwake kuti vawane chigaro cheumambo. Mauto eChola akakunda kubudirira umambo hweSrivijaya,
vakabata ndokupamba Kedah.