Wikipedia's Kangding page: 'for many centuries an important trading city' where Han brick tea was exchanged for Tibetan wool, the old border of Kham and Sichuan, and later the capital of the Kingdom of Chakla; it dates none of this.
Its Tea Horse Road page places the Kangding market under the Ming and Qing. The town's elevation is 2,560 m and its coordinates 29.999 N, 101.957 E (Wikipedia). In 1200 we draw gorge villages at the meeting of two rivers with no Song post and no Chakla king: Chakla is founded 'by the late 1200s' (or 1407).
Who holds it
- Title
- No lord; Minyak and Tibetan villagers (see Dartsedo, before Chakla).
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Two Wikipedia pages that date nothing before the Ming and Qing.
Lord in 1200
No lord; Minyak and Tibetan villagers (see Dartsedo, before Chakla).
How things stand that morning
Gorge villages; no dated event.
Military
No numbers survive for 1200.
Militia
No numbers survive for 1200.
Trade and crafts
Porterage and the exchange of tea, wool and musk (general).
Places of note
- Dartsedo: The place.
Where the sources disagree
- The brief and board treat Dartsedo as a place to cover; the market town and the Chakla kingdom are later than 1200.
Evidence: Two Wikipedia pages that date nothing before the Ming and Qing.
On the map: Marker only; a place, not a district.
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia, Kangding (Dartsedo; read this session)
- Wikipedia, Kingdom of Chakla (founded 'by the late 1200s' in the text, 1407 in the infobox; read this session)
- Wikipedia, Tea Horse Road (read this session)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.