Cheitharol Kumbaba
| Kingdom of Manipur | |
|---|---|
| Part of History of Manipur | |
| Kings of Manipur | |
| Pamheiba | 1720-1751 |
| Gaurisiam | 1752-1763 |
| Chitsai | 1754-1756 |
| Ching-Thang Khomba | 1769-1798 |
| Rohinchandra | 1798-1801 |
| Maduchandra Singh | 1801-1806 |
| Chourjit Singh | 1806-1812 |
| Marjit Singh | 1812-1819 |
| Gambhir Singh | 1825-1834 |
| Raja Nara Singh | 1844-1850 |
| Debindro Singh | 1850 |
| Chandrakirti Singh | 1850-1886 |
| Raja Surchandra | 1886-1890 |
| Kulachandra Singh | 1890-1891 |
| Churachandra Singh | 1891-1941 |
| Bodhchandra Singh | 1941-1949 |
| Manipur monarchy data | |
| Ningthouja dynasty (Royal family) | |
| Pakhangba (Symbol of the kingdom) | |
| Cheitharol Kumbaba (Royal chronicle) | |
| Imphal (Capital of the kingdom) | |
| Kangla Palace (Royal residence) | |
Cheitharol Kumbaba, also spelled Cheitharon Kumpapa, is the court chronicle of the kings of Manipur. It claims to trace the history of the Kingdom of Manipur from the founding of the ruling dynasty in 33 CE until the merger of the kingdom with India in 1949 and the subsequent abolition of monarchy. It ends with the last king of Manipur, Bodhchandra. The Cheitharol Kumbaba is probably the oldest chronicle of the region and is written on more than 1,000 leaves of Meetei paper in Meetei Mayek, an early Meitei script.
The document provides an uninterrupted record of the Meitei kings and of the Royal family of Manipur, regardless of the manner of accession to the throne or the accessor's origin. It is to the Meiteis what the Buranji is to the Assamese and the Yazawin to the Burmese.
Ancient Meitei counting methods involved sticks (chei) being placed (thapa) to represent a base number. Kum signifies a period of time and paba is a verb meaning to read or reckon. The chronicle's title therefore connotes the "placing of sticks or using a base as a means of reckoning the period of time, the years" and is indicative of the Meitei approach to counting and recording.
Cheitharol Kumbaba was transliterated to Bengali script by Pundit Thongam Madhob Singh and published by Vishvabharati Mandir c. 1940. With Maharaja Churchand Singh's permission, the chronicle was edited by L. Ibungohal Singh and Pundit N. Khelchandra Singh and published by the Manipuri Sahitya Parishad in 1967; this edited version is the Hindu-oriented version. The Sanamahi followers (people of Kangleipak) do not want to consider the book edited by Khelchandra Singh as a final version as he added many words which are imported from Sanskrit and Hindi in his translation.
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