The valley centre of the upper Dadu (Sertar) where the Gyalrong and the Bon lamas hold terraces and tower houses.
Wikipedia's Ngawa page names Barkam as the later prefecture seat; it gives no earlier history and says the Gyalrong area was once Bon, until the Gelug monasteries of the 15th century. Nothing is dated for 1200.
Who holds it
- Title
- The Gyalrong valley lords (see Gyalrong lords).
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Geography and Wikipedia's undated Bon sentence.
Lord in 1200
The Gyalrong valley lords (see Gyalrong lords).
How things stand that morning
Self-governing valley lords; no dated event.
Military
No numbers survive for 1200.
Militia
No numbers survive for 1200.
Places of note
- Barkam: The place.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Geography and Wikipedia's undated Bon sentence.
On the map: Marker only; a place, not a district.
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (read this session)
- Wikipedia, Gyalrong (read this session)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.