Wang valley

Who holds it

Title

The lord of Khelang Nakhon

Since

not known

Born

not known

Family

See the lord record.

Confidence

low

English Wikipedia (Haripunjaya).

Overlord

Haripunjaya (as sister seat; the tie is not defined)

What it holds

• The Lampang basin rice
• The road east to Phrae
• Teak and forest produce from the hills to the east

Allies and rivals

Lamphun (sister seat); Phayao to the north; Phrae over the Phi Pan Nam; Thoen and the Wang road south.

How things stand that morning

A Mon-period valley under its own lord; no dated event.

Wealth

Rice, teak for local use, the road trade.

Military

Earth bank and ditch; the hill monastery enclosure as refuge; no numbers.

Threats

• Phayao pressure (undated, chronicle)

Places of note

• Teak hills between the Wang and the Yom: teak stands cut for local use

Where the sources disagree

• Board (wang-teak-forests): "likely" Haripunjaya; the stands lie between the Wang and the Yom, partly outside the Wang basin drawn here. Treated as a point.

Evidence: Chronicle and local tradition; the teak is from the campaign board.

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

On the map: A polygon round the plain; the teak is a point only.

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