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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.
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.
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.
Shree Govindajee Temple is located in Imphal, the capital of the Indian state of Manipur, next to Sana Konung (Meitei for 'Royal Palace'), the palace of the former Meitei rulers of the Manipur Kingdom. [2] Imphal is accessible by road and air services. National Highway 39 (India) connects with Dimapur (Nagaland) on the North and with Myanmar on ...
King Loiyumba (Old Manipuri: ꯂꯣꯢꯌꯨꯝꯄ, romanized: loi-yūm-pa or loī-yūm-pa), also known as Meidingu Loiyumpa, was a Meitei monarch and a ruler of Kangleipak kingdom. He was the first king to order a written constitution in the 11-12th century CE which is known as the Loiyumpa Silyel (Loiyumba Sinyen) .
The Manipur State Museum (Meitei: Manipur Pukei Lankei Shanglen) is an institution displaying a collection of artistic, cultural, historical and scientific artefacts and relics in Imphal, Manipur, India. It has galleries housing materials of natural history, ethnology and archeology.
Most of the northwestern parts of the Indian Subcontinent were already under Islamic invasion till the 15th century. In 1606 CE when the Mughals launched attacks on Manipur under the leadership of Shahjahan, Ningthou Hanba’s younger brother Prince Sanongba betrayed his Kingdom joining Mughal Army aspiring to become the new King of Manipur.
Kutilakha (Meitei: ꯀꯨꯇꯤꯂꯈꯥ), also known as Kutilakshi (Meitei: ꯀꯨꯇꯤꯂꯛꯁꯤ), was the wife of Tripuri King Kashichandra Manikya (1826-1829) and a Meitei princess of Manipur kingdom. In 1826, she married the king. The king was attracted to the beauty, cleanliness and health of the Meitei ladies living in Tripura kingdom.