Mara people
The Mara (Mara; pronounced [mərà], မရာ; pronounced [mərà]) (as also called Lakher in acient time) people are an ethnic group of Mizoram state, India and, Chin state, Myanmar.[2][better source needed] While the people call themselves Maras, several exonyms have formed from neighbouring tribes and clans.Early British encounters named the tribes as Shendu before adopting the Lushei exonym.The Mara people are said to have arrived from the North and are presumed to have been pushed further south by pressure from the East.They settled originally between Leitak and Leisai before moving through several settlements and crossing the Kaladan river and establishing themselves in Phusa in the Lushai Hills.