Manipuri

Manipuri, a large semi-civilised nation on the north-west frontier of Upper Burma, who form the bulk of the population in the state of Manipur, and also the districts of Kachar and Sylliet farther north; have long been Hinduised in religion; but, although claiming Aryan descent, they appear to be a branch of the Kuki race, probably sprung from the old Kumal, Luang, Moirang, and Maithai tribes, who within comparatively recent times still inhabited the Manipur valley. They speak a language of Tibetan stock, which is cultivated and written with a peculiar alphabet based on the Devanagari.