Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvinyorwa zvekutanga zvekugara pachitsuwa ichi zvinodzokera kuzana ramakore rechipiri, apo chitsuwa ichi chakazivikanwa sechiteshi chekutengesa icho chaive chikamu checheni yenzvimbo dzakafanana dzekutengesa dzaibatanidza Southeast Asia nemaIndia eTamil neMediterranean. Vagari vapakuvamba zvikurusa vechitsuwa chacho vaizivikanwa saVaOrang Lauts, uye chitsuwa chacho chakanga chiri nzvimbo yokuchengetera yeUmambo hweSrivijaya kutozosvikira hwaparadzwa
rakapambwa naMambo weTamil Rajendra Chola I weChola Empire muzana ramakore rechi11. Maererano negwaro rechiChinese remakore rechi19 rinonzi "Investigation of Southern Pacific" (南洋<unk>測) (Nanyang Li Ce), rinorondedzera kuvapo kwemakuva echiChinese muSingapore. Mashoko nemanyoro anonyora nguva yaLater Liang naMambo Gong weRwiyo akawanikwa pamakuva aya uye izvi zvingaratidza kuti kubva muna 907 kusvika muna 1274, vamwe vanhu vechiChinese vakanga vagara, vakagara, vakafa uye vakavigwa muSingapore.