Manipuri essay writing

Wahengba Madhabram (Langlon, Mahabharat Birat Parva, Chingthongkhomba Ganga Chatpa and Sana Manik) was a prominent scholar during the reign of Medingu Chingthangkhomba and Labainaya Chandra. A landmark in the history of Manipuri literature was the evidence of novels in 1779, at a time when religious books were the mainstream in this era.

However, most of the ancient Meetei puyas (scriptures) were anonymous and undated. Early Manipuri literature consists of ritual hymn, cosmogony, history, or folktales in prose and poetry.

But the Puya Meithaba (burning of ancient Manipuri scriptures) in 1729, during the reign of Meidingu Pamheiba (1709-1748), devastated the ancient Manipuri scriptures and cultural history. It began a new era of Manipuri literature. The Meeteis had a long tradition of writing.

However, the written constitution Loiyamba Shinyen (1110), during the regime of Meidingu Loiyamba (1074-1122), vividly connotes the practice of writing in this era. The Royal Chronicle, Chitharon Kumpaba, was kept meticulously and continued from the fifteenth century until the end of kingship (Meidingu Bodhchandra, 1941-1955).