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| {{Short description|Term in British Victorian racial science}}
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| '''Telingan''' was a term in [[Great Britain|British]] [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[racial science]], now discredited, referring a subset of the inhabitants "the [[East India|eastern parts of India]], especially about [[Calcutta]], several isolated spots in other parts of [[India]], and the east coast of [[Madagascar]].":<ref name="Frost1856">{{cite book|author=John Frost|title=Grand illustrated encyclopedia of animated nature: Embracing a full description of the different races of men, and of the characteristic habits and modes of life of the various beasts, birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, and microscopic animalcula of the globe. Being a complete history of the animal kingdom|url=https://archive.org/details/grandillustrated00frosuoft|accessdate=20 April 2013|year=1856|publisher=Miller, Orton & Mulligan|pages=[https://archive.org/details/grandillustrated00frosuoft/page/8 8]–}}</ref>
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| {{blockquote|The Eastern [[Hindus|Hindoos]], those at least who make visits to the [[East Indies|East India islands]], present great uniformity in their personal appearance; and, in this respect, they agree with the tribes and nations situated to the eastward of [[Hindustan|Hindostan]].
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| The [[complexion]] is much the same as in the two preceding races, and is so decidedly darker than in the [[Malays (ethnic group)|Malayan]], that by common consent it is called black; although, on comparison, the [[hue]] differs widely from that of the unmixed [[Negro]]. The true colour may be formed by mixing red and black; and in reference to the use of the term of "purplebrown" and that of "olive," it should be observed that neither blue nor green enter into any variety of human complexion.
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| The features approximate very closely to those of the [[White race]]; but, in general, the mouth appeared to be wider, the nose rather less prominent, and the [[lips]] sensibly thicker. The profile was observed to be less vertical than in the surrounding Malays; the lower part of the face projecting with a regular arch, as in the [[Mongols|Mongolian]]; and there was a further correspondence with the latter race, in the frequent instances of the arched nose.
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| The skin was ascertained to be very soft. The beard occurred more frequently, and was decidedly more copious than in the Malayan race. The hair was straight and fine, and I have never seen it of any other colour than black. I have not met with Albinoes in the Telingan race.
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| I am unable at present to refer to a characteristic portrait of the Telingan race; most of the published figures of Hindoos having been taken either from the White race or from mixtures.<ref name="PickeringHall1854">{{cite book|author1=Charles Pickering|author2=John Charles Hall|title=The Races of Man: And Their Geographical Distribution|url=https://archive.org/details/racesmanandthei00hallgoog|accessdate=20 April 2013|year=1854|publisher=George Bell & Sons|pages=[https://archive.org/details/racesmanandthei00hallgoog/page/n268 180]–}}</ref>}}
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:British India]]
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| [[Category:History of India]]
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| [[Category:Race (human categorization)]]
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| [[Category:Scientific racism]]
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| [[Category:Victorian era]]
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| [[Category:Historical definitions of race]]
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