The hills round Namhsan, home of the Palaung (Ta'ang), an old Austroasiatic hill people.
English Wikipedia (Palaung people) gives them no dated history before 1300 and says nothing of tea, chiefs or relations with Pagan; we found nothing dated to 1200. Tea is the Palaung's famous crop in later centuries and we do not claim it for this date. The Palaung also live on the edge of the Mogok tract and as neighbours of the Tai valleys, and the Palaung, Wa and Kachin villages above the Hsenwi and Mong Mit valleys are not governed from the valleys.
Who holds it
- Title
- Village headmen and clan elders; no ruler or chief is named in any source we read
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No source we read names a holder.
How things stand that morning
Villages and hill headmen; no lord.
Places of note
- Namhsan: Modern centre of the Palaung hills.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: A modern page with no pre-1300 content.
On the map: The outline is a guess at the Palaung core.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.