"The Meitheis, who constitute the dominant race of Manipur, in Assam, are a Mongoloid people speaking a Tibeto-Burman tongue. Although by blood and language they are akin to the wild hill tribes which surround them, they have advanced to a higher degree of social culture, so as to form a singular oasis of comparative civilization and organized society in the midst of a wilderness of barbarism."
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Frazer, J. G., Frazer, J. G. (1918). Folk-lore in the Old Testament: studies in comparative religion, legend and law. United Kingdom: Macmillan. p. 448
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