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Keling
''Keling'' () is a word used to describe people originating from the Indian subcontinent by native Malaysians, Singaporeans and Indonesians. Although the word was used since ancient times without derogatory intention, since the 1960s it has been used in a derogatory sense. ==Etymology==
The earliest known reference to the word "keling" occurs in a legend mentioned in ''Sejarah Melayu'' (''Malay Annals'').〔(A Historical Perspective on the Word 'Keling' )〕 The legend mentions Raja Shulan as the king of Keling and as a descendant of Iskandar Zulkarnain (a figure modeled on Alexander the Great). Shulan and his descendant Raja Chulan set out to conquer China. In response, the Chinese dispatch a dilapidated ship with old men. The Chinese men meet Raja Chulan at Temasek, and tell him that they had set out on the voyage when they were young, but China is so far that they had become old by the time they reached Temasek. Upon learning this, Raja Chulan abandons his plan to invade China. Scholars like John N. Miksic identify the legendary Raja Chulan with the Chola king of India. This gives rise to the theory that word 'keling' might have been the local name for a territory in medieval India, possibly the Kalinga kingdom in East India. However, in South-East Asia, the term has historically been used to describe the people of South Indiann origin, not the inhabitants of Kalinga.〔
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