Wat Phra That Hariphunchai

Who holds it

Title

Abbot and chapter of the relic monastery; patron: the king of Haripunjaya

Since

not known

Born

not known

Family

No abbot is named in any source we could reach.

Confidence

low

English Wikipedia (Haripunjaya, Lamphun); the campaign board.

Overlord

the king of Haripunjaya (patron and protector)

What it holds

• The relic and its cult, with the gifts of pilgrims
• Whatever share it had of the lands and people the kings gave to the monasteries of Lamphun (the steles of 1213 to 1219 do not tie a gift to this house in what we could read)

How it was acquired

By royal foundation, the date not pinned.

Allies and rivals

The other Mon monasteries of Lamphun; the king.

How things stand that morning

The kingdom's holiest place, patronised by the king; nothing dated for 1200.

Wealth

Pilgrims' gifts; its endowment is not itemised.

Threats

• None dated

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. 1213 to 1219The steles record the king's endowments and building at Lamphun, and the king's brief ordination on Tuesday 28 May 1219 (Julian).Depends on: The court and Sangha of Lamphun going on as they are. Stopped by: A collapse of the court before 1213.

Places of note

• Wat Phra That Hariphunchai: relic stupa

Where the sources disagree

• Board (wat-phra-that-hariphunchai): "raised by King Adittaraja about the middle of the twelfth century when the relic was found". English Wikipedia (the temple) gives 1044 and the tradition 897; the German article 1150. Left not pinned.

Evidence: Chronicle and temple tradition; no dated inscription ties the stupa to a year.

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