Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pasi paRajaraja Chola nomwanakomana wake Rajendra Chola, vaChola vakava vane simba muzana ramakore rechi 10 uye vakatanga umambo hwaifukidza chikamu chikuru cheSouth India neSri Lanka. Umambo hwacho hwaiva neukama hwakasimba hwekutengeserana neChinese Song Dynasty uye nechokumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweAsia. VaChola vakakurira Chalukya yokuMabvazuva ndokukudza umambo hwavo kusvikira kuGanges. Vakakunda nzvimbo dzomumhenderekedzo yegungwa dzakapoteredza Bay of Bengal ndokuichinja kuva gungwa reChola. Rajendra Chola akavandudza ngarava dzababa vake ndokusika ngarava dzomugungwa dzokutanga dzinozivikanwa dzezvitsuwa zveIndia. Mauto ehondo evaChola akakunda
simba guru reSoutheast Asia, Umambo hweSrivijaya, uye hwakachengetedza nzira dzokutengeserana dzomugungwa kuChina. MaCholas aibhadharisa Thailand neUmambo hweKhmer mutero. Muhafu yekupedzisira yezana ramakore rechi 11 vakaona kubatana kwehumambo hweChola neVengi pasi paKulottunga I. Mutongi weChola akarwisa zvine mutsindo kurwisa kwaMambo weWestern Chalukya Vikramaditya VI, uyo akaedza kupindira mune zvematongerwo enyika dzeChola nekuisa chidhori chake, uye kukundwa kwavo kwakatungamira mukubatanidzwa kwavo kumatunhu eGangavadi neKonkan. Vikramaditya VI akaganhurirwa kunzvimbo dzake dzokuchamhembe kweTungabhadra. Humambo hweChola hwakaramba huchikura zvikuru panguva yaitonga Kulottunga uye hwakaramba huine simba paumambo hwakasiyana-siyana hwokuSoutheast Asia hwakadai sehumambo hweSri Vijaya. Maererano nomunyori wenhau dzakaitika Nilakanta Sastri, Kulottunga akadzivisa hondo dzisina madikanwa uye akava nokutonga kwenguva refu uye kwakabudirira kunoratidzirwa nokubudirira kusingaenzaniswi uko kwakaisa hwaro hwokuva noutano hwakanaka hwoumambo kwamakore 150 akatevera.