The coast from Ramree to Sandoway: Ramree, a large low island with rice ground and the only real anchorage between the Kaladan and Sandoway; Cheduba, a small island with fresh water and a beach a ship can be careened on; Sandoway (Thandwe), the southern port at the western foot of the Taungup pass, where the coast trade and the road to Prome meet.
This is Arakan's exposed flank, far from the Lemro seats and close to Pagan's lower river. A Mon force takes southern Arakan, Sandoway included, in the fourteenth to fifteenth century (English Wikipedia, Arakan; later). No attack is dated in 1200.
Who holds it
- Title
- Local lords of the southern coast under the king of Arakan
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No source we read names a holder.
How things stand that morning
An Arakanese coast under local lords; no Pagan force attested.
Places of note
- Sandoway: Southern port.
- Ramree: Island anchorage.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The campaign board entry and geography.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
On the map: Drawn on the modern coast.
Primary sources for Kingdom of Arakan (the Lemro)
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
- 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
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.