"There is a tradition to the effect that formerly there were ten clans and that two, if not three, have been extinguished (mut-khre). In support of this tradition, reference may be made to the favourite ballad of Numit-kappa or the man who shot the sun, where mention is made of the ten kings of the land."
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Naorem Sanajaoba, Manipur: Law, customs, hill-men, language and religion. India: Akansha Publishing House, 2003. p. 435
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