Complex sentence: According to one tradition, the Manipuri people are the Gandharvas--musicians and dancers--in the Vedic texts, and historic texts of Manipuri people calls the region as "Gandharva-desa".
Split into simpler sentences: According to one tradition, the Manipuri people are the Gandharvas--musicians and dancers--in the Vedic texts. Historic texts of the Manipuri people refer to the region as "Gandharva-desa".