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it is not easy to explain this apparent contradiction. In order to comprehend more fully the circumstances surrounding this episode, we must examine the few comparative sources we possess which could throw some light on the position of Singapore in mediaeval Southeast Asia. Since Singapore's history during this period forms part of the wider subject of Indo- Malaysian history, we might do better to use the periodisation current in Indonesia rather than a thus Singapore's history up to 1436 can be termed part of the Classical Europocentric system; Period, which was succeeded by the Islamic period that has persisted until the present.