The Cheithron Kumpapa is the court chronicle of the kings of Manipur, a small formerly independent state situated on the Indian Border with Myanmar. The Cheitharon Kumpapa is a court account of the state, which claims to record events from the founding of the ruling dynasty in 33 CE. This dynasty continued until the abolition of the monarchy after the merger of the state with India in 1949. The document is thus probably the oldest chronicle in the region. Written ...
