A History of Assam c11.36

c11.36

chronicles contain only a few vague references to this tract as the country of the Narās, and it seems to have formed an entirely independent state. Ney Elias adds that, from the little he was able to glean of the Narās from native sources, they formerly constituted the aboriginal population of the region in question, but afterwards became mixed with the Mau and Khāmti Shāns; their original seat was probably in Khāmti. However that may be, the Narās were a comparatively civilized people, and the few who still remain in Khāmti, Mogaung and Upper Assam are regarded as a learned class. They are Buddhists, and are generally employed as astronomers and writers.