Boulders of jadeite are dug out of the river bed in a country that no kingdom reaches.
The working of the tract in 1200 is not documented anywhere we could read; the campaign board says include it for what the ground is worth. The nearest powers are the hill peoples of the Kachin and Hukawng country, the gathering place of Mogaung and the Tai lordship that forms there from the thirteenth century on the chronicles' dates.
Who he is
- Title
- The hill peoples and traders of the Uru country
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
English Wikipedia, Hpakant: first established as a village in 1832 and re-established in 1836; the pages we read have no record of jadeite from Burma in Chinese sources before 1300; the campaign board says the China trade in Burmese jade is firmly documented only much later.
What it holds
- The jadeite boulders of the Uru river
- The track to Mogaung
How things stand that morning
Not shown to be worked.
Places of note
- Hpakant: Jade tract.
Where the sources disagree
- The campaign board entry hpakant-jade-tract at 25.617, 96.31 used; gazetteer Hpakant (25.69, 96.54) is the township centre.
Evidence: Geology and route only.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
Primary sources for Shan and Kachin valley lordships
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
- 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.