IDENTITY OF MANIPUR IN THE EPIC MAHABHARATA

In the epic Mahabharata, we find description of many expeditions of the Pandava towards the eastern side of India, at different times and on different occasions. Geographically, the present North-East region of India forms a belt of transition between the social and cultural life of peninsular India and the other countries of Southern – Asia. Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee said regarding the influence of the epic in this region that by the middle of 4th century CE, the traditions of Mahabharata spreaded amongst the Indo Mongoloids of ancient Assam (S.K. Chetterjee, Kirata Jana Kristi, Axom publishing company, 2021, page – 82) In this paper should try to identity of Manipur in the epic Mahabharata.