in 1724, Meitei King Pamheiba, also known as Gharib Nawaz, having converted from Sanamahism to Hinduism by Guru Gopaldas, composed his version of the Parikshit, a Meitei-language version of an episode he found appealing from the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

The work was actually a translation of a Bengali literary work, the History of Bengali Language and Literature by Gangadas Sen. Later, the Meitei version was retouched by Angom Gopi.

The prince was formally made heir apparent when his father Ching-Thang Khomba ascended the throne of Manipur in 1763.

Prince Nabananda spent around two months in the woods for carrying out a royal task of cutting down large trees for working on his translation.

[4][5] Unlike other Meitei literary works on Hinduism, this text is free from the usual mixing of words of Indo Aryan languages.