Chiang Khong

Who holds it

Title

Headman of the crossing

Since

not known

Born

not known

Confidence

low

Overlord

the phaya of Ngoenyang (likely; not dated)

What the town holds

• The crossing and the landing
• The mouth of the Ing valley road

Allies and rivals

Phayao and the Ing muang south; Ngoenyang east of the Kok; the Lao muang of the middle Mekong downstream (Khmer and Lao).

How things stand that morning

A river crossing in Ngoenyang's orbit, at peace so far as any source shows.

Wealth

Crossing fees, river trade.

Threats

• None dated

Communities

Tai, with Lao and Khmu on the far bank.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The campaign board and geography.

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

On the map: A point.

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.