Mangang
Clan of the Indian ethnic group, Meetei
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Mangang (Meitei: ꯃꯉꯥꯡ) is a group of people, which is recognized as one of the seven Yek Salai clans of the composite Meitei confederacy.[1][2] It consists of several Yumnaks, which belong to the native people of ancient Kangleipak (now Manipur), one of the states of India.[3][4]
| Mangang | |||
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 Mangang clan sword, a Meitei traditional weapon | |||
| Profile | |||
| Country | India | ||
| Region | Manipur | ||
| Ethnicity | Meetei | ||
| Chief | |||
| Mangang Iputhou | |||
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Number of families
| Meitei sub-groups | Romanisation | Number of families/surnames (according to N. Monihar[5]) | Number of families/surnames (according to Khomdon Lisam[6]) | Number of families/surnames (according to T.C. Hodson[7]) | Number of families/surnames (according to Manipur Mirror) | Number of families/surnames (according to MASTEC)[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧꯖꯥ (ꯃꯉꯥꯡ) | Ningthouja (Mangang) | 256 | 234 | 115 | 254[9] | 125 |
