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{{Hist-stub}}{{Short description|Early kingdom in the southern Manipur}}
[[File:Khamba_and_Thoibi_(The_Dance_before_the_King).jpg|thumb|[[Khuman Khamba]] and [[Thoibi|Moirang Thoibi]] performing a devotional dance before the pantheon of Lord [[Ebudhou Thangjing Temple]].]]
'''''Keke Moirang''''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keke Moirang And Ngangoi Moirang and Ebuthou Thangjing Part 4 |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Moirang_Kangleirol.Keke_Moirang_And_Ngangoi_Moirang_and_Ebuthou_Thangjing_Part_4 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref> was an in independent kingdom in the southern [[plain]]s of the present day [[Manipur]], [[India]] from {{c|52}} BCE to 1432 CE.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Wahengbam Ibohal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S_4dAAAAMAAJ |title=The History of Manipur: An early period |publisher=Manipur Commercial Company |year=1986 |isbn=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sarkar |first=S.K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0-AGCwb72zsC&pg=PA906 |title=Ethnic Composition and Crisis in South Asia |publisher=Global Vision Publishing House |year=2003 |isbn=978-81-87746-71-3 |page=906}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sattar |first=Abdus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X0kiAAAAMAAJ |title=In the Sylvan Shadows |publisher=Saquib Bros. |year=1971 |isbn=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sanajaoba |first=Naorem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CzSQKVmveUC&pg=PA10 |title=Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a Civilization |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1988 |isbn=978-81-7099-853-2 |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Moirang Moirang and Ebuthou Thangjing Part 5 |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Moirang_Kangleirol.History_of_Moirang_Moirang_and_Ebuthou_Thangjing_Part_5 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref> The Keke Kangla served as the capital city of the kingdom since time immemorial.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keke Kangla Moirang and Ebuthou Thangjing Part 3 |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Moirang_Kangleirol.Keke_Kangla_Moirang_and_Ebuthou_Thangjing_Part_3 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref> The major body of accounts related to the history, literature, mythology of the kingdom are collectively called [[Moirang Kangleirol]].

== Government and Economy ==

=== Administration and Commerce ===
Moirang was ruled by an absolute monarch, the {{langx|omp|Iwang Puriklai|label=none}}. The kingdom was divided into wards or sectors ({{langx|mni|leikheis}}) and included nine organized marketplaces.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eight Leikais And Nine Market Places Moirang and Ebuthou Thangjing Part 7 |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Moirang_Kangleirol.Eight_Leikais_And_Nine_Market_Places_Moirang_and_Ebuthou_Thangjing_Part_7 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>

== Culture ==

=== Religion ===
The people of Moirang worshipped Lord [[Thangching]], the deity regarded as the progenitor of the kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ebuthou Thangjing Moirang Kangleirol Part 2 |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Moirang_Kangleirol.Ebuthou_Thangjing_Moirang_Kangleirol_Part_2 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Moirang and Ebuthou Thangjing Part 1 |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Moirang_Kangleirol.Moirang_and_Ebuthou_Thangjing_Part_1 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of rulers of Moirang]]
* [[Moirang]]
* [[Pakhangba Temple, Kangla|Iputhou Pakhangba Laishang]]
* [[Kangleipak]]

== References ==
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