Ancient Kangleipak
Civilization belonging to an early period of Meitei history / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Manipur of the Mahabharata, which is the ancient kingdom mentioned in the Mahabharata.
Ancient Kangleipak was an ancient, lesser known civilisation, consisting of the modern day Kangleipak (Manipur), India, and other neighboring regions.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The Kangla served as the foremost capital city of this realm from the 15th century BC upto the late 19th century AD.[7] It has its earliest evidence of monarchy right from 15th century BC, during the reign of Emperor Tangja Leela Pakhangba (1445 BC-1405 BC).[8][9]