kuranganayani, originally known as shija phongalokpi, is the biological daughter of king gaurishyam and the adoptive daughter of king bhagyachandra. she was offered hand in marriage to the ahom king to strengthen the relationship between the two kingdoms as well as to get military aid from the ahoms for the meiteis to resist the burmese conquest of manipur. but she turned out to be a heroine even in the ahom kingdom. it was she who saved the ahom kingdom from the hands of the moamoriya revolts.