A walled monastery on a mound above the Wang, at Ko Kha south-west of Lampang, with ditch and rampart round it: the sort of place a valley retreats into when raiders come (the campaign board).
The campaign board says the earthwork and the relic are old and the buildings later. The English Wikipedia article on the temple says it was founded in the fifteenth century, so the earthwork may be older, and nothing we could read dates it. The buildings standing now are of the fifteenth century or later and are not evidence for 1200.
Who holds it
- Title
- Abbot of the hill monastery; patron: the lord of Khelang Nakhon
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- None named.
- Confidence
- low
English Wikipedia (Lampang, Wat Phra That Lampang Luang); the campaign board.
Overlord
the lord of Khelang Nakhon (patron)
What it holds
- The mound, ditch and rampart
- The relic, by tradition
- Whatever people and land the lords of the Wang gave it (not recorded)
Allies and rivals
The lord of Khelang Nakhon; the villages of the Wang plain.
How things stand that morning
A hill enclosure of uncertain date; whether it was a monastery already in 1200 is not shown.
Wealth
Not recorded.
Military
The enclosure itself is a refuge.
Threats
- None dated
Places of note
- Lampang Luang: walled hill monastery
Where the sources disagree
- Board (wat-phra-that-lampang-luang): "the earthwork and the relic are old". English Wikipedia: temple founded in the fifteenth century. Neither dated by an inscription we could read.
Evidence: Tradition and the standing buildings; no excavation or inscription reached.
On the map: A point.
Primary sources for Haripunjaya
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 Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma, The Royal Historical Commission of King Bagyidaw (Monywe Sayadaw and others), drawing on U Kala's Maha Yazawin (about 1724) and earlier chronicles (1829 to 1832). The standard Burmese court chronicle, compiled six centuries after 1200 from older chronicles now lost. Read online
- 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.
- Epigraphia Birmanica, being lithic and other inscriptions of Burma, Various, edited by Taw Sein Ko, C. Duroiselle and C. O. Blagden (inscriptions of the 11th to 15th centuries; the series ran from 1919 to 1936). The Archaeological Survey of Burma's series of edited inscriptions with full translations. Read online
- Inscriptions of Pagan, Pinya and Ava; Inscriptions of Burma, Various (the Pagan kings, queens, ministers and donors), edited by Tun Nyein, Taw Sein Ko, G. H. Luce and Pe Maung Tin (inscriptions of the 11th to 14th centuries; editions 1899 and 1933 to 1956). The dedicatory inscriptions of Pagan are the only contemporary texts for the kingdom of Narapatisithu (reigning 1174 to 1211). Read online
- The Inscriptions of Cambodia, Various (the Khmer kings and their officers), edited by George Coedes (inscriptions of the 6th to 14th centuries; edited 1937 to 1966). The Khmer empire of 1200 is known almost entirely from the great foundation stelae of Jayavarman VII (reigning from 1181), which Coedes edited: the Ta Prohm stele of 1186 (K. Read online
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia, Haripunjaya (Mon inscriptions of 1213, 1218 and 1219; chronicle king list and its caveats)
- Wikipedia (German), Haripunchai (kings, Lampang, 1281 or 1292)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.