Magnates and their honours · Ngoenyang, the Tai muang of the Mekong bend · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Lords of the Ing valley

The Ing runs north from the lake of Phayao to the Mekong at Chiang Khong.

Its rice ground is held by a string of small moated towns of which Wiang Lo, dug and dated to about this period, is the one the campaign board names. They are the small walled places that a Tai valley state is made of; the corridor ties the Ing muang to the river trade at Chiang Khong.

Who he is

Title
Lords of the small walled towns of the Ing
Since
not known
Born
not known
Family
None named.
Confidence
low

English Wikipedia (Mangrai) says Chiang Kham and Thoeng belonged to the Phayao kingdom.

Overlord

Phayao (chronicle tradition), with Ngoenyang above

What it holds

  • Wiang Lo, Chun, Chiang Kham, Thoeng and the Ing rice
  • The corridor to Chiang Khong

Allies and rivals

Phayao (south), Ngoenyang (north), Nan (east over the ridge).

How things stand that morning

Small moated muang under Phayao; no dated event.

Wealth

Rice and the river trade.

Threats

  • None dated

Places of note

  • Wiang Lo: moated town
  • Chiang Kham: Ing valley muang

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The Wiang Lo dating is the campaign board's; we could not read the excavation.

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

On the map: Seeds round three places.

Primary sources for Ngoenyang

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 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.

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia, Phayao Kingdom (Phayao Chronicle versions)
  2. Wikipedia, Mangrai (dates and the Chiang Mai Chronicle)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.