The Meeties of Manipur: A Study in Human Geography

The unique geographical condition of Manipur was to a great extent responsible for development of a unique culture and tradition in Meeteis are quite isolated from the rest of the world. The Meeteis culture is a seperate culture by itself although it is confined to a pocket of humanity small in number, and settled in a part of the globe surrounded on all sides by hills and mountains. The present book to analyse the richest cultural heritage of Meeteis are the product of various forces-Native, Aryanism from the West and the Mongoloid from the Eastern countries. The book is divided in nine chapters devoted to the study of origin and evolution, clans, Religious, Cultural Heritage, social customs, impact of other cultures, settlement pattern and problems and planning etc.