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Manipur Polo
Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically the Sagaing Region to the east and Chin State to the southeast. Covering an area of 22,330 square kilometers (8,621 mi²), the state consists mostly of hilly terrain with the 1813-square-kilometre (700 mi²) Imphal Valley inhabited by the Meitei (Manipuri) community, historically a kingdom. Surrounding hills are home to Naga and Kuki-Zo communities, who speak Tibeto-Burman languages. The official language and lingua franca, Meitei (Manipuri), also belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family. During the days of the British Raj, Manipur was one of the princely states. Prior to the British departure in 1947, Manipur acceded to the Dominion of India, along with roughly 550 other princely states. In September 1949, the ruler of Manipur signed a merger a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manipura (Mahabharata)
Manipura (), known as Manalura in the Southern and Critical Editions, is the capital city of a kingdom mentioned in the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata''. According to the epic, it was located near a sea-shore, the Mahendra Mountains and the Kalinga (Mahabharata), Kalinga Kingdom. Arjuna—one of the five Pandava brothers—visited Manipura and married Chitrāngadā, Chitrangada, the princess of the region. They had a son named Babruvahana who later ruled it. Manipur shares its name with a Manipur, modern-day state of India, located in the North East India, North-Eastern part of the country. Some rulers of the state had claimed themselves to be the descendants of Arjuna. Some past scholars support the identification of the state with the city, others oppose this idea. However, the identification of the Manipura kingdom in the Mahabharata with the modern-day Indian state of Manipur is widely regarded by scholars as historically unsubstantiated. Geographic descriptions in the epic place th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
