State and Economy in Pre Colonial Manipur

Contents Preface 1 Evolution of the Meitei state the formation of early state in Manipur Gangmumei Kamei 2 Glimpses of literary sources for studying pre colonial economy of Manipur N Joykumar Singh 3 Contextualizing pre historic sites of Manipur O Ranjit Singh 4 Archaeology of early state in Manipur L Kunjeswori Devi 5 Coinage and economy of the Meitei kingdom NG Rhodes and SK Bose 6 Technology occupational distribution and settlement pattern in early Manipur S Amal Singh 7 Indigenous weaving technology of Manipur L Basanti Devi 8 Interpreting slavery in the Meitei state M Jitendra Singh 9 Outlining pre colonial economy of Manipur K Ruhinikumar Sharma and O Ranjit Singh 10 Touching upon the neglected an overview of the world of women in pre colonial ManipurH Sudhir 11 Historiography of Meitei state formation Jayati Bhattacharjee and Sarbani Bhattacharjee Select bibliography Appendix Index One of the longest surviving kingdoms in Indian sub continent the Meitei Kingdom in Manipur the foundation of which goes back to 1 century AD succumbed to British colonialism in 19 century What enabled the kingdom to rise and to survive such a long period To find an answer the Institute of Northeast India Studies held a workshop at the Department of History Manipur University Imphal in 2007 and continued the dialogue on state and economy complementarities thereafter This is because one of the findings of the workshop was that the society and economy in pre colonial Manipur was under total control of the state The land forests mines and minerals agriculture industry and craft including dress and ornaments of the people were regulated by the kings As a result natural and human resources were not fully explored technology remained backward and the economy could not develop to its full potentials State and Economy in Pre Colonial Manipur is the outcome of that exercise in the model of state formation studies involving both young and experienced scholars mostly from Manipur The authors have gone beyond the rich treasure of historical chronicles of Manipur to explore the pre history archaeology epigraphy numismatics and all other extant evidence of material culture to focus on the social and economic foundations of the Meitei state jacket 248 pp.…