Colandia (; ta, சொழாந்தியம்) was a kind of vessel, which was used by
Early Chola
The Early Cholas were a Tamil kingdom of the pre and post Sangam period (600 BCE–300 CE). It was one of the three main kingdoms of South India. Their early capitals were Urayur or Tiruchirapalli and Kaveripattinam. Along with Pandyas and ...
. Chola used two varieties of vessels. The first kind, known as the Sangara, including vessels both large and small. The second variety, called Colandia, were very large in size and these types of vessels were used for voyages to the
Ganges
The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...
and the
Chryse, which was the name of various places occurring in Ancient Greek geography. Also, the Chola had voyages from the ancient port
Puhar Puhar may refer to:
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to
Pacific Islands.
Another theory suggest that ''kolandiaphonta'' (also known as ''kolandiapha'' or ''kolandiapha onta'') was a transcription of the Chinese term ''
Kun-lun po'', which refers to an
Indonesia
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n vessel. The Sangara is likely to have been derived from Indonesian twin-hulled vessels similar to Pacific catamarans.
See also
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Ajanta caves boats
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Borobudur ship
A Borobudur ship is the 8th to 9th-century wooden double outrigger sailing vessel of Maritime Southeast Asia depicted in some bas reliefs of the Borobudur Buddhist monument in Central Java, Indonesia. It is a ship of Javanese people, derivative ...
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Junk (ship)
A junk (Chinese: 船, ''chuán'') is a type of China, Chinese sailing ship with junk rig, fully battened sails. There are two types of junk in China: northern junk, which developed from Chinese river boats, and southern junk, which developed fro ...
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Jong (ship)
The djong, jong, or jung (also called junk in English) is a type of ancient sailing ship originating from Java, Indonesia that was widely used by Javanese, Sundanese, and later Malay sailors. The word was and is spelled ''jong'' in its languag ...
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K'un-lun po
K'un-lun po (also called Kun-lun po, Kunlun po, or K'un-lun bo) were ancient sailing ships used by Austronesian sailors from Maritime Southeast Asia, described by Chinese records from the Han Dynasty. In the first millennium AD, these ships co ...
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Ancient history of India
Chola Empire
Chola dynasty
Sailboat types
Ship types
Merchant ships