ভারতভূমির Holy Kingdom Bishnupur অর Mukut Manipuretto নামাকরন করানি অসে। MANIPUR had been known through out the ages as Kangleipak or Meeteileipak as well as by more than twenty other names. Sanamahi Laikan wrote that Manipurs new nomenclature was adopted in the eighteenth century during the reign of Meidingu Pamheiba. According to Sakok Lamlen, the area had different names according to the era. During the Hayachak period, it was known as Mayai Koiren poirei namthak saronpung or Tilli Koktong Ahanba, then in the Khunungchak period as Meera Pongthoklam.During the Langbachak era, it became Tilli Koktong Leikoiren and finally in the Konnachak epoch. Neighbouring cultures had differing names for Manipur and its people. The Shan or Pong called the area Cassay, the Burmese Kathe, and the Assamese Meklee. In the first treaty between the British East India Company and Meidingu Chingthangkhomba (Bhagyachandra) signed in 1762, the kingdom was recorded as Meckley. Bhagyachandra and his successors issued coins engraved with Manipureshwar, or lord of Manipur and the name Meckley was discarded. Later on, the Sanskritisation work,
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