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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. 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 .
Bhima-naga, whose coins bear the title Maharaja, may have been the dynasty's first king to rule from Padmavati. [26] The Allahabad Pillar inscription of the Gupta king Samudragupta states that he defeated Ganapati-naga. This suggests that Ganapati-naga was the last Naga king, and after his defeat, the Naga territory was annexed to the Gupta Empire.
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.
Nagas (Burmese: နာဂလူမျိုး) are various Southeast Asian Tibeto-Burman ethnic groups native to northwestern Myanmar and northeastern India.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 ...
The National Museum of the American Indian–New York, the George Gustav Heye Center, is a branch of the National Museum of the American Indian at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Manhattan, New York City. [1] The museum is part of the Smithsonian Institution. The center features contemporary and historical exhibits of art and ...
George van Driem put the Mao language as one of the Angami-Pochuri languages, classified as an independent branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages. [3] Although classification differs in most other accounts, it is considered [by whom?] as one of the languages forming the Naga genus of the Tibeto-Burman subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family. [4]
The Khiamniungans are a Naga ethnic group, with approximately 35% of the population inhabiting in Noklak District in the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland and the rest in the Naga Self-Administered Zone and Hkamti District of Myanmar. [2] They were also called Kalyo-Kengnyu ("slate-house dwellers") during the British Raj. [3]
Rongmei, Liangmai, Inpui, Other Naga people The Zeme people , also known as the Zeme Nagas , are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group from Northeast India . [ 2 ] Their villages are mostly spread across Peren district in Nagaland; Tamenglong district , Senapati district in Manipur and Dima Hasao district (NC hills) in Assam.