polo Sandip Roy: Manipuri Polo By Sandip Roy • Jan 18, 2017 Courtesy of Somi Roy/cropped from original Listen Listening... / 6:01 Sandip Roy's Dispatch - Manipuri Polo Manipur’s court records talk about a game back in the 1st century AD and what’s different about polo in Manipur is that this not just a game for posh country clubs. Even ordinary villagers played it.