I think the Discovery show I watched talked about them as well. They intereviewed a local who thought he had seen one of around fifty to sixty feet long. But the Naga is supposed to be a similiar type creature possibly having tiny legs or feet at the front!

Surprised their did n`t seem to be more links when I was searching for The Naga as it seems to be an incredible creature, guess its because its tied in so closely with the myths and legends of the region.

Incidentally, it's the normal word in Malay/Indonesian for "dragon": the Chinese Year of the Dragon is just "Tahun -year -Naga": which is a sort of guide to how strong the legends are.

This is a good word to start with.
The etymology is tricky: one recalls that there is a large group of Indian peoples called the Naga (not in any way Indo-European) and the word may refer to something connected with them- and their name was rationalized as “serpent people much later –much as the Romans created “Romulus” to explain their name.
It certainly doesn’t have any influence of the main Indo-European families as far as “snake’ or “dragon” are concerned. On the other hand the Sanskrit for “cobra” is “bujanga” (the “NG” in the middle may be a clue to a link with “naga”.)
In older languages we have “uNGuis” in Latin for “hoof” and “oNYX =oNYGs” in Greek. And for that matter “naga” = “hoof” in Lithuanian )to most IE scholars the most interesting of all modern l;angauges)
And these may be the ancestors of English “nail”; German “Nagel” etc.
So it could be some sort of adoption from Asian beliefs made by the IE peoples when they arrived: or some sort of amalgam of “hoof”, “sharp” –perhaps clues to a beast.

like what the estragon say it is true naga mean the dragon
or in chinese there is a year where they call a dragon year.but somehow i do believe this dragon in asia originate from the west .and use to believe this dragon are actually a human with ancient machine like a beast
which is make a war with the devas in india.but who know this is truth and that what i believe to be truth.
p/s there is a stories from africa about this naga but i forget from which is the country of the african warrior make a war to

they were in warcraft 3 also
cool huh?