A History of Assam c7.s1.27

c7.s1.27

In the hills of the Assam range the changes may have been fewer and less violent, but here also there have quite recently been movements, such as those of the Kukis, who in the last century were pushed northwards by the Lushais, and of the Mikirs, who once inhabited the Jaintia Hills. Amongst the Nāgas also there are well-established cases of slow racial drift. Some of the tribes, again, that are now found in the hills were at one time in occupation of the plains, like the southern Kachāris, who were pushed back into the North Cachar Hills by the Ahoms.