BOOK REVIEW:
Chakmas: Indigenous Peoples of Mizoram by Paritosh Chakma
This book, for the first time, challenges the traditional narrative on the Chakmas of Mizoram and their history, largely created by the Mizo scholars, which the author has described as "false narrative." The existing popular narrative claims that Chakmas of Mizoram are not indigenous to Mizoram but had come to Lushai soil as "coolies" of the British during Lushai Expedition of 1871-72. This book, however, claims that it is the other way round, that is, it was the Chakmas who had invited the Kukis, precursors of Mizos, to their land to fight the British in 1777 AD. The book traces the settlement of the Chakmas prior to the Kukis/Mizos in the western frontier of the state and digs out convincing historical facts to establish the Chakma-lived territories of Mizoram as being part of Chakma kingdom (or what the British called 'Chakma Circle') till April 1898.
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Chakmas: Indigenous Peoples of Mizoram by Paritosh Chakma
This book, for the first time, challenges the traditional narrative on the Chakmas of Mizoram and their history, largely created by the Mizo scholars, which the author has described as "false narrative." The existing popular narrative claims that Chakmas of Mizoram are not indigenous to Mizoram but had come to Lushai soil as "coolies" of the British during Lushai Expedition of 1871-72. This book, however, claims that it is the other way round, that is, it was the Chakmas who had invited the Kukis, precursors of Mizos, to their land to fight the British in 1777 AD. The book traces the settlement of the Chakmas prior to the Kukis/Mizos in the western frontier of the state and digs out convincing historical facts to establish the Chakma-lived territories of Mizoram as being part of Chakma kingdom (or what the British called 'Chakma Circle') till April 1898.
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