Legend behind name Manas!

The river Manas

According to a school of thought, the river Manas actually has a Bhutanese name origin as “DANG-ME-CHU” and “MANG-DE-CHU” meeting at a confluence point called Panbang, a small sub divisional HQ inside Bhutan to become Manas River that is upstream within Bhutan. Though lost in antiquity the name “Manah” (not Manas as is usually known) is derived from Assamese word “maan”, meaning the Burmese army, popularly known as Maan, who raided Assam three times in medieval period . As the river was the western limit of Burmese advance, the challenge came from across saying: maan+ah = manah; meaning “Maan you come if you dare”!

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