Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Kalinga

by Edgar Thurston

Kalinga.— A sub-division of Kōmatis, who "were formerly the inhabitants of the ancient Kalinga country. They are considered inferior to the other sub-divisions, on account of their eating flesh. Their titles are Subaddhi, Pātro, and Chaudari." *^[1] In the Ganjam Manual, they are described as "traders and shopkeepers, principally prevalent in the Chicacole division. The name Kling or Kaling is applied, in the Malay countries, including the Straits Settlements, to the people of peninsular India, who trade thither, or are settled in those regions." It is recorded by Dr. N. Annandale that the phrase Orang Kling Islam {i.e., a Muhammadan from the Madras coast) occurs in Patani Malay.

1. * Madras Census Report, 1891.