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, image_caption = The Kohima Stone erected by
Raja Gambhir Singh (Chinglen Nongdrenkhomba) of
Manipur.
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Meitei language
Meitei (), also known as Manipuri (, ), is a Tibeto-Burman language of north-eastern India. It is spoken by around 1.8 million people, predominantly in the state of Manipur, but also by smaller communities in the rest of the country and in pa ...
(in
Bengali-Assamese script)
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Kanglasha (dragon lion), a bull and the footprints of Gambhir Singh
, created = 1833 AD
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Kohima,
Nagaland
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Nagaland State Museum, Kohima, Nagaland
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, culture = Meitei culture
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The Kohima Stone or Gambhir Singh's Stone is monument, erected by Meitei King
Gambhir Singh (Chinglen Nongdrenkhomba) of
Manipur (princely state)
The Manipur Kingdom
was an ancient independent kingdom at the India–Burma frontier that was in subsidiary alliance with British India from 1824, and became a princely state in 1891. It bordered Assam Province in the west and Briti ...
in
Kohima, the capital of
Nagaland. It was erected in 1833 as a mark of Manipuri conquest of the Kohima in 1832. It is inscribed in sanskritised
Manipuri (Meitei) in
Bengali-Assamese script. Manipuri King Gambhir Singh and the powerful
Manipuri Levy conquered the whole of the Naga Hills. The stone was erected after his final defeat of the
Angami peoples of Kohimathat.
History
Manipuri influence over the Naga ethnic groups declined during the period before and after the Burmese war of 1819–25. However, it was re-asserted by
Gambhir Singh. At
Kohima, he stood on a flat stone and had his footprints sculpted on it as a token of conquest. Kohima and its surrounding villages were the boundaries of Manipur.
The stone is frequently mentioned in land laws and orders announced by the later British government of the Naga Hills.
References
{{coord missing, Nagaland
Buildings and structures in Kohima
1833 establishments in India