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The Sino-Tibetan speaking Mara are a predominantly swidden rice-cultivating people living in the Lushai Hills of Mizoram, India, and adjacent areas of the Chin Hills and Arakan Hill Tracts in Burma (Myanmar). Traditionally, settlements were autonomous political units governed by a hereditary chief. Under British colonial rule, elected councilors instead were given power to administer the region.

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The Lakhers

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Page, Hugh R.	Culture summary	2023
Parry, N. E. (Neville Edward)	The Lakhers	1932
Shakespear, John	The Lakher or Mara clan	1912