Mong Ri Mong Ram

Proper noun

Mong Ri Mong Ram

1. Synonym of Xishuangbanna (An autonomous prefecture of Yunnan, China).
   • A group of Shans migrated from south China in the year 568 A.D. The Meiteis used to call this group of Tai people Pong. They belonged to the branch of Tai called Mao Shan. In the half fabulous account of Tai-Ahom it is said that two brothers Khunlung (Hkun Long) and Khunlai (Hkun Lai) descended...1986, Wahengbam Ibohal Singh, The History of Manipur: An Early Period, →OCLC, page 291
   • W. W. Cochrane asserts that Mong Ri Mong Ram was on the banks of the Mekong.²³ On the basis of these findings, Padmeswar Gogoi asserts that Mon Ri Mong Ram^([sic – meaning Mong Ri Mong Ram]) was undoubtedly a part of the ancient Tai state of Sip Swang Pan Na (Keng Hung), or modern Xihuang Banna.²⁴...1990, Ti 4 Chieh Tʻai Hsüeh Yen Chiu Kuo Chi Hui i Lun Wen Chi [第四屆泰学研究国际会议论文集], volume 3, Yün-nan sheng she hui kʻo hsüeh yüan Tung nan Ya yen chiu so, →OCLC, page 260

   Synonyms:

   Xishuangbanna