The far eastern town of the Nepal Mandala: the 64 Shiva lingas of the pilgrimage reckoning run from Brahmeswar in Nuwakot in the west to Bhimeswar in Dolakha in the east (Wikipedia, Nepal Mandala).
It sits on the eastern salt road, close to the Tamakoshi copper hills, and later strikes its own coin; its tenure in 1200 is inferred, not documented.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not known by name
- Title
- Thakkura lord of Dolakha
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Nothing found for 1200; the tenure is inferred from the Mandala's eastern limit at the Bhimeswar shrine.
What the town holds
- Dolakha and the Bhimeswar shrine
- the Tamakoshi valley
- the eastern salt road
How things stand that morning
Inferred as a dependency; nothing dated.
Military
No army is recorded and no number is known.
Communities
Newar and hill households; Tamang villagers round about.
Trade and crafts
The salt and copper road; copper working.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Only the pilgrimage reckoning and the later history.
On the map: Inferred.
Primary sources for Nepal valley
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 Gopala Raja Chronicle, and the Nepalese colophons, Anonymous (chronicle); various scribes (colophons) (the chronicle about 1389; the colophons are contemporary notes of the 11th to 14th centuries). The Nepal valley in 1200 is known chiefly from dated manuscript colophons and short inscriptions, which name the reigning king with the Nepal era year, and from the Gopalarajavamsavali, a chronicle written about 1389 that lists the kings with regnal years.
- History of Buddhism in India and Tibet, Buton Rinchen Drub (Bu ston Rin chen grub) (1322). Optional background. Read online
- The Blue Annals, Go Lotsawa Zhonnu Pal ('Gos lo tsa ba gZhon nu dpal) (1476 to 1478). The fullest Tibetan account of who mattered around 1200, written three centuries later from earlier biographies and lineage records, many now lost. Read online
- The Sakya genealogy, and the works of the Sakya hierarch of 1200, Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen (Grags pa rgyal mtshan) and Sakya Pandita; the genealogy by Ngawang Kunga Sonam (the hierarchs' writings about 1170 to 1250; the genealogy 1629). Sakya in 1200 was ruled by Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen, the third of the five founders, with his nephew Kunga Gyaltsen (later Sakya Pandita, born 1182) under his teaching. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.