Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.354

c8.354

The great mass of the Nāgās are still faithful to the religion of their forefathers. They believe in the existence of a supreme creator. Sickness and other misfortunes which befall them they ascribe to the malignant action of the evil spirits. They try to appease them with sacrifices. Most of them believe that there is something in a man which survives the death of the body, but they cannot say what it is and where it goes (B. C. Allen, *Nāgā Hills and Manipur*, Assam District Gazetteers, Vol. IX, 1905, pp. 1-39).