Preliminary research on Chhînlung
Studying old Chinese texts and research on western Burma, I have written a research paper reconstructing Zo history from Manipuri, Burmese and Chinese written sources. I have discussed it more in detail there and it’s waiting for publisher review, but decided to discuss here too. Chhînlung appears to be more recent about 8-9th century where the fort of Shenlong 神龙 was set up by Nanzhao kings to control trade in the region and control wild tribes. They controlled people in the hangar mountains that wore clothes close to siapsuap and hnawkawl. When Nanzhao collapsed following instability in the 10-11th century, one of the group of ancestors likely moved from the east through the rivers over the mountains to settle at Akwsatlang, a region between three rivers which would be fertile defendable until the Shan invasion after Mongolia rule in Burma. The original name likely lost their meaning as the group shifted their language to the already established Kuki-Chin language.
My paper is called “Textual Reconstruction of Zo history” and I will try to make it open access when the time comes.