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{{Short description|Monument of Gambhir Singh of Manipur kingdom}}
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| name = Kohima Stone Inscription
| native_name = ({{langx|mni|Kohima Khut-ee Nungpak}})
| native_name_lang = Meitei
| image = The_Kohima_Stone_erected_by_Raja_Gambhir_Singh_of_Manipur.png
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| image_caption = The Kohima Stone erected by [[Gambhir Singh|Raja Gambhir Singh]] (Chinglen Nongdrenkhomba) of [[Manipur (princely state)|Manipur]].
| type = [[Meitei inscription]]
| material = stone
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| writing = Sanskritised [[Meitei language]] (in [[Bengali-Assamese script]])
| symbols = [[Kanglasha]] (dragon lion), a bull and the footprints of [[Gambhir Singh]]
| created = 1833 AD
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| discovered_place = [[Kohima]], [[Nagaland]]
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| location = [[Nagaland State Museum]], Kohima, Nagaland
| classification = [[Meitei inscription]]
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The '''Kohima Stone''' or '''Gambhir Singh's Stone''' is a historical [[Meitei inscriptions|Meitei stone inscription]] monument, erected by Meitei King [[Gambhir Singh]] (Chinglen Nongdrenkhomba) of [[Manipur (princely state)]] in [[Kohima]], the capital of [[Nagaland]]. It was erected in 1833 as a mark of Manipuri conquest of the Kohima in 1832. It is inscribed in sanskritised [[Manipuri language|Manipuri]] (Meitei) in [[Bengali-Assamese script]]. Manipuri King Gambhir Singh and the powerful [[Manipuri Levy]] conquered the whole of the Naga Hills. The stone was erected after his final victory over the [[Angami people]] of [[Kohima]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CzSQKVmveUC&dq=kohima+stone+inscriptions+Gambhir+singh+Manipur+jurisdiction+naga+hills&pg=PR77|title=Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a Civilization|last=Sanajaoba|first=Naorem|date=1988|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-853-2|language=en|access-date=2022-06-14|archive-date=2022-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614194904/https://books.google.com/books?id=-CzSQKVmveUC&dq=kohima+stone+inscriptions+Gambhir+singh+Manipur+jurisdiction+naga+hills&pg=PR77|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Sinha Brigadier. 2007">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ngtgH9RYB0EC&dq=kohima+stone+Gambhir+singh&pg=PA79|title=Lost Opportunities: 50 Years of Insurgency in the North-east and India's Response|last=Sinha (Brigadier.)|first=S. P.|date=2007|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=978-81-7062-162-1|language=en|access-date=2022-06-14|archive-date=2022-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614194954/https://books.google.com/books?id=ngtgH9RYB0EC&dq=kohima+stone+Gambhir+singh&pg=PA79|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Singh">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kbu_AwAAQBAJ&dq=kohima+stone+Gambhir+singh&pg=PA138|title=The Endless Kabaw Valley: British Created Visious Cycle of Manipur, Burma and India|last=Singh|first=Dr Th Suresh|date=2014-06-02|publisher=Quills Ink Publishing|isbn=978-93-84318-00-0|language=en|access-date=2022-06-14|archive-date=2022-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614194905/https://books.google.com/books?id=kbu_AwAAQBAJ&dq=kohima+stone+Gambhir+singh&pg=PA138|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Johnstone">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQhdDwAAQBAJ&dq=kohima+stone+inscription&pg=PA30|title=My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills|last=Johnstone|first=James|date=2018-05-23|publisher=BoD – Books on Demand|isbn=978-3-7326-9966-7|language=en|access-date=2022-06-14|archive-date=2022-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614194906/https://books.google.com/books?id=aQhdDwAAQBAJ&dq=kohima+stone+inscription&pg=PA30|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c276DwAAQBAJ&dq=Gambhir+kohima+stone+inscription+Nagaland+Bengali+script&pg=PT125|title=The Cultural Heritage of Manipur|last1=Meitei|first1=Sanjenbam Yaiphaba|last2=Chaudhuri|first2=Sarit K.|last3=Arunkumar|first3=M. C.|date=2020-11-25|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-29637-2|language=en|access-date=2022-06-14|archive-date=2022-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614194906/https://books.google.com/books?id=c276DwAAQBAJ&dq=Gambhir+kohima+stone+inscription+Nagaland+Bengali+script&pg=PT125|url-status=live}}</ref>

== History ==
{{Main|Meitei conquest of Kohima (1832-33)}}
Manipuri influence over the Naga ethnic groups declined during the period before and after the Burmese war of 1819–25. However, it was re-asserted by [[Gambhir Singh]]. At [[Kohima]], he stood on a flat stone and had his footprints sculpted on it as a token of conquest. [[Kohima]] and its surrounding villages were the boundaries of [[Manipur Kingdom]].<ref name="Sinha Brigadier. 2007"/><ref name="Singh"/><ref name="Johnstone"/>

The stone is frequently mentioned in land laws and orders announced by the later [[British raj|British government]] of the [[Naga Hills]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_-YixIgJbSAC&dq=kohima+stone+Gambhir+singh&pg=PA23|title=Documents on North-East India: Nagaland|last=Sharma|first=Suresh K.|date=2006|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-095-6|language=en|access-date=2022-06-14|archive-date=2022-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614194946/https://books.google.com/books?id=_-YixIgJbSAC&dq=kohima+stone+Gambhir+singh&pg=PA23|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kohima]]
[[Category:1833 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Meitei language]]
[[Category:History of Nagaland]]
[[Category:19th century in the Manipur Kingdom]]

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