Colandia

Colandia (Tamil: சொழாந்தியம்) was a kind of vessel, which was used by Early Chola. 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 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 to Pacific Islands.