Wat Chamathewi

Who holds it

Title

Abbot of the monastery; patron: the king of Haripunjaya

Since

not known

Born

not known

Family

None named.

Confidence

low

The campaign board; English Wikipedia (Camadevi).

Overlord

the king of Haripunjaya (patron)

What it holds

• The stupa and its monastery
• Whatever endowment the kings gave it (not itemised)

How it was acquired

By royal foundation; the date is not pinned.

Allies and rivals

Wat Phra That Hariphunchai across the town; the king.

How things stand that morning

A Mon monastery with a stepped stupa, in use; nothing dated for 1200.

Wealth

Not recorded.

Threats

• An earthquake, in 1218 on the campaign board's reading (later)

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1218 (board; not tied to this temple by a source we could read)The stupa is rebuilt after an earthquake.Depends on: The earthquake recorded in the steles being the one that struck here. Stopped by: A different date for the earthquake.

Places of note

• Wat Chamathewi (Kukut): stepped brick stupa

Where the sources disagree

• Board (wat-chamathewi-kukut): "rebuilt after an earthquake in 1218". Not confirmed for this temple. English Wikipedia's page on Wat Chamthewi could not be fetched.

Evidence: The campaign board and tradition; the steles record an earthquake in general terms.

"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.

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