Akar NusaAkar Nusa / All peoples / Tamil
Stories written
Melaka · 4 min read
Tamil Chulia and Kling traders of Melaka
Tamil merchants gave the old word Kling a long history.
The great migrations · 5 min readTamil: the biggest Indian people of Malaysia
Tamil-speaking communities came across 2,000 years from the Coromandel coast.
The great migrations · 4 min readThe kangany system: how rubber estates hired workers
A headman went home to find workers and bring them back.
The great migrations · 4 min readRubber: from Brazil to Malaya
Henry Ridley's seeds changed who lives where.
Living heritage · 4 min readThaipusam and the Batu Caves
A Tamil festival that became a Malaysian one.
Coming soon
Kingdoms and trade · Coming soon
The Cholas and the Peninsula
A South Indian navy raided Kedah in 1025.
The great migrations · Coming soon
Estates and railway lines: how Indian labour built Malaya
Railways, roads and ports were built by Indian workers.
The great migrations · Coming soon
The Indian Ocean crossing: ships from Nagapattinam to Penang
The voyage and its journal entries.
Sarawak · Coming soon
Sarawak's Indian and Eurasian families
A small but old Indian presence in the Sarawak towns.
Living heritage · Coming soon
Indian names and caste markers: a careful look
South Indian names often hold a father's name and village.
Places in these stories
MelakaCoromandelPeninsulaTamil NaduSouth IndiaBatu CavesPenangKedahSumatraBay of BengalKuchingMalaysiaIndia
Family lines linked in these stories
Mother line M-SouthAsia
The old lines of India
Line is most of these families are likely 20,000 to 50,000 years old oldFather line L-M2481A line of South Asia
Line is likely 15,000 to 30,000 years oldDNA does not decide who anyone is. It does not show race, religion or any legal status. Every community tells its own story first, and we tell the DNA part with respect.
