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Meckley or Manipur kingdom in Mathew Carey's Map of Hindostan or India of 1814. Kangla Uttra Sanglen at the Kangla Fort, former residence of the Meitei kings of Manipur. The two statues of Kangla Sha (Meitei dragon lions) standing in front of the inner gate were destroyed after the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891 but have been restored by the Manipur Government in recent years.
He adopted the name Gharib Nawaz, and in 1724 renamed the kingdom as Manipur (Sanskrit for "abode of jewels"). Manipur was conquered by Burma in 1819 CE, and became a Princely State within the British Raj in 1825 CE till 1947 CE.
The history of Manipur is reflected by archaeological research, mythology and written history.Historically, Manipur was an independent sovereign kingdom ruled by Meitei dynasty but at different point of time it was invaded and rule over by other state and authority.
Manipur acts as India's "Gateway to the East" through Moreh and Tamu towns, the land route for trade between India and Burma and other countries in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Siberia, the Arctic, Micronesia and Polynesia. Manipur has the highest number of handicraft units and the highest number of craftspersons in the northeastern region of India.
The ancient flag of Kangleipak (Manipur), with the seven colours depicting the seven clan dynasties. Nongda Lairen Pakhangba initiated the process of unification of the warring ethnic groups and principalities groups, which led to the formation of Manipur realm, under the political supremacy of the Ningthouja dynasty in the first century AD.
Gharib Niwaz (born Pamheiba, 1690–1751, Meitei: /pāmheiba/, [2] Sanskrit: Gopal Singh [3]) was the ruler of the Manipur Kingdom, [4] ruling from c. 1709 until his death in 1751. He introduced Hinduism as the state religion of his kingdom (1717) [1] [5] and changed the name of the kingdom from "Kangleipaak" to the Sanskrit Manipur (1724).
The Manipur State Archeological Department has been protecting both the monuments since 1980. In the past, when Manipur was an independent kingdom, Manipuri soldiers used to pray and seek blessings from the sacred monuments before going to wars. Both of the original inscriptions are intact, but have begun to fracture on the back side.
The Ningthouja dynasty, also known as Mangang dynasty, [1] [failed verification] comprises the descendants of the kings of Manipur. Ningthouja literally means progeny of King (Ningthou means king and cha or macha means progeny in which ja is a corrupted word of cha).