Narrow rice valleys in the hills between the Ping and the Salween: Lawa and Karen country, with Shan villages possible but undated, and no state over it.
Nobody garrisons this. Raiding parties cross it in both directions and a road runs through it to the Mon coast. Mae Hong Son town is an early nineteenth-century elephant camp; Mawkmai State is of 1767; neither exists in 1200.
Who he is
- Title
- Village headmen of the Salween-hill valleys
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- None named.
- Confidence
- low
English Wikipedia (Mae Hong Son province) has nothing before the nineteenth century.
What it holds
- The Pai valley
- The Pang Mapha and Mae Hong Son valleys
- The hill roads to the Salween
How it was acquired
Native.
Allies and rivals
Haripunjaya and Chiang Dao (east), Pagan's claimed Shan margin (west).
How things stand that morning
No state; village rule.
Wealth
Hill rice and the roads.
Military
Village fighters.
Threats
- None dated
Places of note
- Pai: valley rice ground
- Mae Hong Son: valley rice ground
Where the sources disagree
- Board: contested for Haripunjaya. We draw it as outside any state; the tame label "contested" would imply a claim no source shows.
Evidence: Late history only.
On the map: A polygon round the valleys and ridges.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.