Town · Self-governing peoples of Tibet and the Himalaya · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Danba

A valley of the Dadu's western tributaries with stone-tower houses, on the line between the Gyalrong (north) and the Minyak (south).

We mark it for the border: the tower villages are known from later records (recalled) and no document dates a tower or a chief here in 1200. The gazetteer lacks Danba; the coordinates are from recall.

Who holds it

Title
Valley headmen of the Gyalrong and Minyak border (see Gyalrong lords and Minyak chiefs).
Since
not known
Born
not known
Family
not known
Confidence
low

Geography and recalled later records.

Lord in 1200

Valley headmen of the Gyalrong and Minyak border (see Gyalrong lords and Minyak chiefs).

How things stand that morning

Self-governing valley headmen; no dated event.

Military

No numbers survive for 1200.

Militia

No numbers survive for 1200.

Places of note

  • Danba: The place.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Geography and recalled later records.

On the map: Marker only; a place, not a district.

Sources and studies

  1. Author's recall of the secondary literature (Petech, Tucci, Stein, Davidson, Smith, Kapstein, Dunnell): not re-read this session, so marked 'recalled' in the text

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