Qualla: Manipur https://qualla.com/manipur en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Manipur https://qualla.com/manipur Manipur: Introduction https://qualla.com/manipur/ From the air, the geography tells you everything. An oval valley, roughly 700 square miles, sits hemmed in by mountains on every side. To the west lies Assam. To the north, Nagaland. To the south, Mizoram. To the east, Myanmar. This is Manipur -- a place whose very name carries layers of meaning, from the Sanskrit Manipura of the Mahabharata to the older Meitei name Sanaleibak, the land of happiness and prosperity invoked in the state's official song. The mountains that make the valley so picturesque also made it a natural fortress, and the isolation they imposed shaped a civilization unlike any other on the Indian subcontinent.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/h/6/v/manipur-wp/wh6v-manipur-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Manipur: A Valley of Many Peoples https://qualla.com/manipur/ The 1,813-square-kilometre Imphal Valley is home to the Meitei people, who make up the majority of Manipur's population of nearly 2.9 million. Their language, Meitei -- also called Manipuri -- belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family and serves as the state's official tongue and lingu...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/h/6/v/manipur-wp/wh6v-manipur-a-valley-of-many-peoples.mp3 0:06 2 full Manipur: Chronicles Written in Fire https://qualla.com/manipur/ Manipur's history is recorded in the Puyas, ancient texts written in Meitei script -- a writing system comparable to Thai script, a reminder of the kingdom's Southeast Asian orientation. That kingdom endured Burmese vassal status under the Toungoo dynasty in 1559 and again under ...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/h/6/v/manipur-wp/wh6v-manipur-chronicles-written-in-fire.mp3 0:06 3 full Manipur: The Battles That Shaped a Century https://qualla.com/manipur/ During World War II, Manipur became the stage for one of the conflict's decisive but lesser-known engagements. Between March and July 1944, the Imperial Japanese Army pushed into the state, shelling Imphal on 10 May. The Battle of Imphal -- Japan Laan to the Manipuris -- turned i...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/h/6/v/manipur-wp/wh6v-manipur-the-battles-that-shaped-a-century.mp3 0:06 4 full Manipur: A Land Still in Turmoil https://qualla.com/manipur/ The wounds are not historical. In May 2023, ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities displaced 60,000 people, killed 175, and destroyed nearly 5,000 houses and 386 religious buildings -- churches and temples alike. The Indian army deployed to restore order, but the und...

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