Manipuri to English:
ꯔꯁꯤꯌꯥꯒꯤ ꯄꯨꯋꯥꯔꯤꯗ ꯍꯩꯊꯣꯏꯔꯕ ꯂꯦꯕ ꯒꯨꯃꯤꯂꯦꯕꯅ ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯗ ꯆꯥꯏꯅꯅ ꯀꯟꯅ ꯇꯛꯁꯟꯕ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯂꯦꯞꯐꯟꯕꯗ ꯖꯤꯑꯣꯡꯅꯨ, ꯃꯣꯡꯒꯣꯜꯁꯤꯡ (ꯃꯣꯡꯒꯣꯜ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛ, ꯖꯨꯡꯍꯥꯔ ꯈꯥꯅꯦꯠ) ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯇꯔꯀꯤꯛ ꯃꯤꯁꯤꯡ (ꯑꯍꯥꯟꯕ ꯇꯔꯀꯤꯛ ꯈꯥꯒꯥꯅꯦꯠ, ꯎꯤꯘꯨꯔ ꯈꯥꯒꯥꯅꯦꯠ)ꯅ ꯊꯧꯗꯥꯡ ꯂꯧꯈꯤ ꯍꯥꯏꯅ ꯏꯈꯤ꯫
Russian historian Lev Gumilev wrote that the Xiongnu, Mongols (Mongol Empire, Zunghar Khanate), and Turkic peoples (First Turkic Khaganate, Uyghur Khaganate) played a role in stopping Chinese aggression to the north.