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  2. Nāga - Wikipedia

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    In various Asian religious traditions, the Nagas (Sanskrit: नाग, romanized: Nāga) [1] are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld , and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art.

  3. History of the Nagas - Wikipedia

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    However, the Naga violated the agreement and continued to launch raids on British-controlled territories. [3] During the 19th century, British attempts to subdue the Naga tribes and abolish traditional Naga practises such as headhunting and intertribal violence were resisted with guerrilla tactics from the Naga, in particular the Angami Naga.

  4. List of Nāgas - Wikipedia

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    Below is a list of Nāgas, a group of serpentine and draconic deities in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.They are often guardians of hidden treasure and many are upholders of Dharma.

  5. Naga people - Wikipedia

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    Nagas (Burmese: နာဂလူမျိုး) are various Southeast Asian Tibeto-Burman ethnic groups native to northeastern India and northwestern Myanmar.The groups have similar cultures and traditions, and form the majority of population in the Indian state of Nagaland and Naga Self-Administered Zone of Myanmar (Burma); with significant populations in Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam ...

  6. List of Naga ethnic groups - Wikipedia

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    Naga is an umbrella term for several indigenous communities in Northeast India and Upper Burma.The word Naga originated as an exonym. Today, it covers a number of ethnic groups that reside in the Indian states of Nagaland, Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and also in Myanmar.

  7. Patala - Wikipedia

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    Patala is composed of seven realms/dimensions or lokas, [6] [7] the seventh and lowest of them is also called Patala or Naga-loka, the region of the Nagas. The Danavas (children of Danu ), Daityas (children of Diti ), Rakshas and the snake-people Nagas (serpent-human formed sons of Kadru ), live in the realms of Patala.

  8. Naga Conflict - Wikipedia

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    The Naga conflict, also known as the Naga Insurgency, is an ongoing conflict fought between the ethnic Nagas and the Government of India in North-East India. Nagaland, inhabited by the Nagas, is located at the tri-junction border of India on the West and South, north and Myanmar on the East.

  9. Nagas of Padmavati - Wikipedia

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    The Naga dynasty is known mainly from the coins issued by its rulers, and from brief mentions in literary texts and inscriptions of the other dynasties. [4] According to the Vayu and the Brahmanda Puranas, nine Naga kings ruled Padmavati (or Champavati), and seven Naga kings ruled Mathura, before the Guptas.