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

Kagbeni

Local Tibetan-speaking headmen

Who holds it

Name
The village where the Jhong Khola enters the Kali Gandaki, the gate to the upper valley. Everything moving between the Tibetan plateau and the Nepal hills funnels through this one point, which is why a place of a few hundred houses can tax a trade route. The riverbed below it is where the shaligram ammonites are picked up and sold south as pieces of Vishnu. The kingdom of Mustang (about 1380) is not yet.
Title
Lord or keeper
Since
not pinned
Born
not known
Family
not known
Confidence
low

Lord in 1200

The village where the Jhong Khola enters the Kali Gandaki, the gate to the upper valley. Everything moving between the Tibetan plateau and the Nepal hills funnels through this one point, which is why a place of a few hundred houses can tax a trade route. The riverbed below it is where the shaligram ammonites are picked up and sold south as pieces of Vishnu. The kingdom of Mustang (about 1380) is not yet.

How things stand that morning

Open in the dry months; nothing dated.

Military

No army is recorded and no number is known.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The campaign board entry note.

"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.

Sources and studies

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