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section 7. Lower Naga Group. (1) The Nagas west of the Doyang River |
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The other Nagas described by Major Steward are the Arung tribe, numbering about 7,500 souls. |
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On the whole the Nagas to the west of the Doyang appear to have affinity with the Manipuri or the Cathay Shans; and the Kukis and the Nagas to the east of the same river are of distinct race allied to the Singpho and other pagan tribes further east. |
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If there be any virtue in philological similitude, the comparatively refined Manipuri and the dog-eating, dirty, Kuki savage, are very nearly allied. Moreover they can be traced by their own written history to a Kuki origin (Steward, page 618.). A more detailed notice of the connection thus traced would be interesting. |
