Meitei inscriptions

[2] Another reported incident involving the stone relic concerns about the scripts getting blur when some students of Thoubal College got close towards it to see if they can actually read it.

[3] In a rare discovery which is one of its kinds in the History of Manipur, a stone inscription was discovered at the present day Bangai Range in the interior hill area of Pherzawl district, near the confluence of Tuivai and Barak River.

This is perhaps the sole inscription which provides crucial clues of the weapons employed by the troops of medieval Manipur, thereby assuming tremendous importance in the study of the ancient past.

Prof. Gangmumei Kabui in his History of Manipur states that at least 10000 hill tribes were part of Pamheiba's grand 30000 strong Manipuri troops that raided Burma.

Manipur Royal Chronicle, Cheitharol Kumbaba, corroborates the narration of Pamheiba's inscription which was raised during his battle against the Tripuris known to Manipuris as Takhel.

It stated that Pamheiba and his troops made their camp at this site to establish his authority in the interior area now located in Pherzawl district.

Three stone inscriptions were also discovered in Khoibu village along the Indo-Myanmar border and assumes one of the most important archaeological evidences to prove that the erstwhile Manipur kingdom was not confined to Imphal valley.

Located near the vicinity of Kabaw Valley, Khoibu is a small village situated in the hill route connecting Imphal and Burma.

[1] Prof. Gangmumei Kabui says that the issuing of the first stone was attributed to King Sameirang and his brother Thamanglang in the 5th century and was inscribed in Meetei script.

Free translation of the old Meetei language states that it was the decree of Godly king Kiyamba that the village of Khoibu was to be exempted from tributes and its inhabitants are not to be tortured.

Of the deciphered 16 lines, the text maintains that Paikhomba raised the stone and that Khoibu village is the keeper of the deity under the decree of godly king Kiyamba.