Lushai Hills

The Lushai Hills (Pron: ˌlʊˈʃaɪ, now called Mizo Hills) form a hilly region in the Patkai-Arakan Yoma mountain range system in Northeast India, in the present-day state of Mizoram in India.

[1] The highest peak rising to an elevation of 2,157 meters at Phawngpui, also known as 'Blue Mountain'.

[2] The hills are for the most part covered with dense bamboo jungle and rank undergrowth; but in the eastern portion, owing probably to a smaller rainfall, open grass-covered slopes are found, with groves of oak and pine interspersed with rhododendrons.

[3] The Lushai Hills, now known as Mizoram, has a long history of hosting various tribal communities.

Another community, the Lai people, lives in specific parts of the Lushai Hills.