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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Ancient Meitei Constitution}}<br />
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{{Infobox book<br />
| name = Loiyumpa Silyel <br /> {{small|([[Modern Meitei]]: "Loiyumpa Sinyen")}}<br />
| image = First page of the "Loiyumpa Silyel", a 12th century ancient Meitei language written constitution of ancient Kangleipak (early Manipur), enacted during the reign of Meitei King Loiyumpa (Loiyumba).jpg<br />
| caption = First page of the "Loiyumpa Silyel", stored in the [[Manipur University]] Library, digitalised by the [[Digital Library of India]]<br />
| language = [[ancient Meitei language]] ([[old Manipuri language]])<br />
| country = [[Ancient Kangleipak]] - [[Medieval Kangleipak]]<br />
| genre = [[Constitution]]<br />
| published = 1110 CE<br />
| publisher = King [[Loiyumba]] ([[Ancient Meitei language|Ancient Meitei]]: Loiyumpa)<br />
| subjects = law, rules and regulations, social system<br />
| note = It is an 11th-12th century written constitution of the [[Ancient Kangleipak]] (early [[Manipur]]).<br />
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The '''Loiyumpa Silyel''' ([[Modern Meitei]]: "Loiyumba Sinyen"), also termed as the '''Loyumpa Silyel''' ([[Modern Meitei]]: "Loyumba Sinyen") or the '''Loiyumpa Shilyel''' ([[Modern Meitei]]: "Loiyumba Shinyen") or the '''Loyumpa Shilyel''' ([[Modern Meitei]]: "Loyumba Shinyen") or the '''Loyumba Sinyen''' ({{langx|omp|{{Script|Latn|Loyampa Sinyen}}}}), is an 11th-12th century [[ancient Meitei language]] written [[constitution]], regulated in the [[Ancient Kangleipak|Ancient Kangleipak (early Manipur)]] during the rule of King [[Loiyumba]] (1074-1122 CE). In 1110 CE, its format was finalised from a [[promulgation]] of the proto-constitution, drafted in 429 CE by King [[Naophangba]].<ref name=sanajaoba>{{Cite book |last=Sanajaoba |first=Naorem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vO-vtI8NuxIC&dq=loyumba+shinyen+final+document&pg=PP2 |title=Manipur: Treatise & Documents |date=1993 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-399-5 |page=2 |language=en}}</ref>{{r|sanajaoba|p=304}} Historically, it is the first written constitution,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gangte |first=Priyadarshni M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Um0OAQAAMAAJ&q=loyumba+shinyen+first+written+Constitution |title=Customary Laws of Meitei and Mizo Societies of Manipur |date=2008 |publisher=Akansha Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8370-130-3 |pages=275, 338 |language=en}}</ref> and one of the well recorded [[Ancient Meitei language]] texts of the kingdom.<ref name=manihar>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Ch Manihar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yiBkAAAAMAAJ&q=loyumb%C4%81+sinyen |title=A History of Manipuri Literature |date=1996 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |isbn=978-81-260-0086-9 |pages=18, 21 |language=en}}</ref> It was replaced by the [[Manipur State Constitution Act 1947]], that was functional until [[Manipur]] was merged into [[Republic of India]] on October 15, 1949.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sanajaoba |first=Naorem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eYC4tjzyi4C&dq=loyumba+Shinyen+Manipur+State+Constitution+Act+1947+substituted+merger+India+October+15+1949&pg=PA304 |title=Law and Society: Strategy for Public Choice, 2001 |date=1991 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-271-4 |pages=304 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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It includes the accounts of the distribution of the duties to the subjects of the king.{{r|manihar|p=306}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Paniker |first=K. Ayyappa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&q=loiyumba+shinyen&pg=PA326 |title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections |date=1997 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |isbn=978-81-260-0365-5 |pages=326 |language=en |author-link=Ayyappa Paniker}}</ref> Its rules and regulations remains to be an authoritative work in the [[Meitei culture|Meitei social system]] till the present day [[Manipur]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Rasheeduddin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NAFuAAAAMAAJ&q=loyumba+sinyen+social+system+rules+regulations |title=Composite Culture of India and National Integration |last2=Study |first2=Indian Institute of Advanced |date=1987 |publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Study |pages=143 |language=en}}</ref> The Loiyumpa Silyel also describes [[Meitei royal etiquette]].<ref name=":Manipur: Treaties & Documents. India: Mittal Publications, 1993. p. 7–11">Manipur: Treaties & Documents. India: Mittal Publications, 1993. p. 7–11</ref><ref name=":Loiyumpa Silyel The Ancient Constitution Of Manipur">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466474|title=Loiyumpa Silyel The Ancient Constitution Of Manipur|last=Manikchand Singh|first=konsam|date=2012}}</ref><ref name=":plamanipur.com">{{Cite web|date=2022-02-25|title=Historical evidence {{!}} Meeyamgi Ningtam Lanmee|url=https://plamanipur.com/historical-evidence/|access-date=2025-05-23|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Cyrus the Great]]<br />
* [[Hammurabi]]<br />
* [[Magna Carta]]<br />
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