The Cultural History of Tripura: An Overview

<div> The glory of Tripura kingdom is known from Puranic period and much before the </div> <div> Ramayana and the Mahabharata.&nbsp; The early history of the Present State of Tripura is </div> <div> Still shrouded into obscurity. No records in the shape of documents or monuments of </div> <div> the Autochthons people of the land belonging to the pre-historic or proto-historic </div> <div> periods have survived.&nbsp; </div> <div> As a matter of fact, Culture plays a significant role in molding destiny of one’s own </div> <div> country. Tripura witnessed the emergence of secular identity as the people of </div> <div> different religions just like Hindu and Buddhists walked together to form a common </div> <div> cultural identity.&nbsp;<span>During Pre-Colonial Tripura, the dwellers in the hills of Tripura belonged to the</span> </div> <div> following tribes: </div> <div> (i)The Tripuri, (ii) The Jamatia, (iii) The Reang, (iv) The Halam divided into twelve </div> <div> sub-tribes and (v) The Kukis divided into two major groups, namely, the Darlong and </div> <div> the Dusai (Mizo). </div> <div> The present state of Tripura was known as ‘Hill Tipperah’ in the Colonial period. It </div> <div> was ruled by the lunar dynasty of members with Manikya ending names since the </div> <div> beginning of the 15 th Century A. D. The British Govt. gave Tripura the status of </div> <div> ‘Native State’ under the general supervision of a political agent and it was merged </div> <div> with India on October15, 1949 and became a full-fledged state on January 21, 1972. </div> <div> It is believed by the scholars that the name of this land as ‘Tripura’ is the sanskritised </div> <div> form of Tipra, a tribe to which the ruling family belonged. </div>