Buddhist monasteries · Ngoenyang, the Tai muang of the Mekong bend · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Doi Tung

The relic hill that the northern chronicles make the oldest holy place of the Yonok country (the campaign board), a short way from the stockaded seat of Ngoenyang and the landmark for everything moving on the river.

English Wikipedia says only that, "according to the chronicles", the place of worship dates to the year 911, and marks that "citation needed". The tradition is late and the fabric on the hill is later still; the hill itself is the landmark.

Who holds it

Title
Keepers of the relic hill; patron: the phaya of Ngoenyang (by tradition)
Since
not known
Born
not known
Family
None named.
Confidence
low

English Wikipedia (Doi Tung); the campaign board.

Overlord

the phaya of Ngoenyang (patron, by tradition)

What it holds

  • The hill and the relic, by tradition

Allies and rivals

Ngoenyang, whose seat the chronicles put near it.

How things stand that morning

A holy hill; nothing dated for 1200.

Wealth

Not recorded.

Threats

  • None dated

Places of note

  • Doi Tung: relic hill

Where the sources disagree

  • Board (doi-tung): "contested". Nothing I could read shows a rival claim; kept with allegiance ngoenyang.

Evidence: Late chronicle tradition via the English Wikipedia (uncited).

On the map: A point.

Primary sources for Ngoenyang

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

  • The later Tai, Lao and Mon chronicles of the north, Ratanapanna (Jinakalamali); Bodhiramsi (Chamadevivamsa); anonymous monks and court scribes (the Chamadevivamsa about 1410; the Jinakalamali 1516 to 1528; the Chiang Mai Chronicle in its surviving form 1827; the Nithan Khun Borom 16th to 17th century). There is no text of 1200 for the Mon kingdom of Haripunjaya, the Tai muang of Ngoenyang (Chiang Saen), Chiang Rung, the Yom and Nan valleys, or the Lao middle Mekong.

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia, Doi Tung (Wat Phra That Doi Tung: "according to the chronicles ... the year 911", citation needed)
  2. Wikipedia, Ngoenyang (chronicle king lists and their disagreement)

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